Example Sentences

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He speaks very good — if at times somewhat antique — English, and often checks to make sure he is pronouncing a word or rendering an idiom correctly.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2019

We’ll have to wait and see whether Apple is pronouncing it the “Ten s” or the “Ex s,” though.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2018

He is pronouncing sentences that he seems to have rehearsed in his mind for months or years.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 2015

“Class, I want you to listen carefully to how he is pronouncing his R’s!“

From Forbes • Dec. 16, 2012

"The time's up at eight o'clock," was all he said, and looked sternly at Gilbert, much as a judge who is pronouncing sentence looks at the prisoner at the bar.

From The Bad Man by Towne, Charles Hanson