How to pronounce tens
Listen to tens in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“tens” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 433 American · 806 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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turned into tens of million kilograms could be turned into tens of millions of dea tens
Dept of Justice · watch from 14:24 · hear it here
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tens and tens and tens of thousands of case with 12 schools that were increasingly putting
NSF · watch from 15:06 · hear it here
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can cost tens of millions of pounds, rather than tens of thousands.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 19:24 · hear it here
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believes that that is tens of thousands the government believes that that is tens
UK Parliament · watch from 35:37 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tens. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.