Example Sentences

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After several agonizing minutes, the Bee’s pronouncer announced the results: Harini had spelled 21 words correctly, compared with 15 for Vikram.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Chandrasekhar admitted he was no Jacques Bailly, the University of Vermont classics professor who has been the competition’s official pronouncer since 2003 and enunciates each word with a vaguely Midwestern intonation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

“Champion spellers, we are now in uncharted territory,” said the pronouncer as “auslaut” was called out in overtime.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2019

“We’re basically throwing the dictionary at you,” said official pronouncer Jacques Bailly, “and so far you are showing the dictionary who is boss”.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2019

He was the pronouncer who was not undertaking the way to have enough listen to every one.

From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Stein, Gertrude