Example Sentences

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“I told them that’s a mispronunciation, but I don’t object to it because the word takai in Japanese means ‘expensive,’” the actor and advocate says during a recent Zoom call from Boston.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Then they fed Irish Alexa’s speech model more recorded voice data to correct the mispronunciation.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023

Biden displayed unusual agility in his responses, although he had some of his customary problems with mispronunciation and slightly slurred speech.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2023

Because it was the mispronunciation of that surname that would inspire the nickname of the great tap-dancing Richmond native Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023

I grip my hands tightly together and wait to see how Mama reacts to this mispronunciation.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan