How to pronounce wants
Listen to wants in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“wants” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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one wants rocks and this one wants water and this one wants animals and everyone wants
NSF · watch from 3:44 · hear it here
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wants and what a child wants.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 183:15 · hear it here
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wants to take more responsibility industry wants to innovate in this industry wants to manage the
NTSB · watch from 13:15 · hear it here
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Everyone wants to survive.
NIH · watch from 12:14 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of wants. 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.