How to pronounce yank
Listen to yank 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.
“yank” in real sentences
80 clips in the index · 14 American · 7 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Wow, I didn't even need to yank yank you off.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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of place yank but I was an out ofpl yank who was new to the scene
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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plan and then yank their funding.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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there's something going on your life and I yank on that thread and yank on that
TRILIFE Church · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of yank. 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.