pronounces
- present tense form of pronounce (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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One of his sons pronounces the name "Hit-lay", in order to escape embarrassment, and his grandchildren have taken their mothers' names.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
“The depths of his self-delusion are staggering,” Mr. Hart pronounces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
“My favorite daughter, so smart and brave,” he pronounces, as the ship she boards sets sail for San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Predictably, the answer is that no one on the Macrodata Refinement team has heard of . . . whatever it is he’s talking about, which he pronounces as glockSHOObin.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
The way the principal pronounces his new name is different from the way his parents say it, the second part of it longer, sounding like “heel.”
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
