How to pronounce tons
Listen to tons 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.
“tons” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 927 American · 416 British · 322 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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800 fire personnel. Tons and tons.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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It's right here, and there are tons and tons and tons of it.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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Tons and tons and tons of paper, keypunch cards, paper tape, procedures, everything written.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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tons and tons and tons of management data that was broken down by watershed.
USGS · hear it here
Why real speech
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