How to pronounce tension
Listen to tension in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“tension” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 457 American · 666 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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triggers of this tension.
State Department · watch from 11:20 · hear it here
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Task forces high tension.
Dept of Justice · watch from 27:07 · hear it here
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welcome and necessary tension.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 146:48 · hear it here
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electrical high tension line.
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 39:20 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tension. 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.