How to pronounce tail
Listen to tail in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“tail” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 351 British · 47 Australian · 3 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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whips his tail round and puts his tail in.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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It was a tail tip. A lion's tail.
British Library · hear it here
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the tail, and makes the tail stream always away from sun.
NIST · hear it here
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the tail tail and the terminal dark brown little black band.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
Why real speech
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