How to pronounce wishful
Listen to wishful 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.
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“wishful” in real sentences
242 clips in the index · 22 American · 74 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Wishful thinking, I think.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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This is like wishful thinking.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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wishful thinking on my part.
British Library · hear it here
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by others as wishful thinking.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of wishful. 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.