pronounce

Example Sentences

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It means probable, but someone had to make it sound fancy and almost impossible to pronounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The firm was previously called Terry, Slane & Ruohonen, but nobody could pronounce his name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Jessie Stride, another contestant on this series of The Traitors, has a stammer and spoke on the show about struggling to pronounce her own name.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

I found it easier to pronounce than I anticipated, but having the right intonation was where I relied on Hikari to correct me.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

“I can hardly pronounce it— it’s something like Alonzo Alfred Aloysius K’Tah—you might as well keep calling him JB.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix