How to pronounce tightrope
Listen to tightrope 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.
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“tightrope” in real sentences
57 clips in the index · 14 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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How do you think about that tightrope?
TED · hear it here
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>> it's been a very Well, difficult tightrope.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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So Deputy Speakers, we have to walk a tightrope.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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I feel as if I am walking a tightrope here.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tightrope. 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.