How to pronounce wanton
Listen to wanton 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.
“wanton” in real sentences
50 clips in the index · 6 American · 12 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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But even from wanton words.
British Library · hear it here
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hesitate to call it wanton cruelty.
The School of Life · hear it here
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cyclists and that the 1861 offence of wanton and furious driving, on
UK Parliament · hear it here
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>> The Israeli prime minister described the tunnels as an unacceptable act of wanton aggression.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of wanton. 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.