How to pronounce upheld in American English
“upheld” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to upheld the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “upheld” in: all accents · British English (671 clips)
“upheld” in real sentences — American speakers
509 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
The Supreme Court upheld it.
The Obama White House
-
collective bargaining are being upheld.
State Department
Words that sound like “upheld”
Words one sound away from upheld — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of upheld. 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.