How to pronounce upbeat
Listen to upbeat 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.
“upbeat” in real sentences
290 clips in the index · 48 American · 29 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They are relentlessly upbeat.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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Too upbeat, too positive."
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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Is that suitably upbeat ending?
British Library · hear it here
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(upbeat music) Thanks for watching.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of upbeat. 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.