How to pronounce uphold
Listen to uphold 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.
“uphold” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 360 American · 880 British · 77 Australian · 14 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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to uphold its principles.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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tradition whereby we uphold the rule of law where we uphold international human rights
Oxford Union · hear it here
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pledge to uphold tribal sovereignty.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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systems uphold human rights foreign
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
Why real speech
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