How to pronounce whims in American English
“whims” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to whims the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “whims” in: all accents · British English (37 clips)
“whims” in real sentences — American speakers
47 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the whims of some government bureaucrat in that country.
The Obama White House
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MAI: President Diem, he and his family ruled the country at their whims, really.
National Archives
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to the whims of, say, the parliament, that it simply – it must occur or the
State Department
Words that sound like “whims”
Words one sound away from whims — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “whims”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of whims. 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.