Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: negroes
IPA transcription: [n'iɡɹoʊz]
Pronunciations of negroes
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Usage examples
  • "Go back now," she said to the negroes.
  • Negroes were at work on the wharf loading bales of cotton on a big ship.
  • Then they besieged La Mina, where some more negroes were taken, which they sold at the Antilles.
  • Finding it relatively easy to secure negroes in Africa, they crowded the Southern ports with their vessels.
  • Several times, too, he saw the eyes of the Negroes turned upon him and once they flashed simultaneously toward the white girl.
  • Three times he fired and one of the negroes and two Arabs fell, but the rest hurled themselves on him, and Diana saw him surrounded.
  • Oh, so proud!" She slipped her hand into his and they sat there quietly, straining to catch the first sounds of the negroes returning.
  • Every vessel has at least two negroes in it, who are very dextrous in diving to the depth of six fathoms, where they find good store of pearls.
  • Moreover it does not appear that those planters who first bought negroes at the auction block intended to establish a system of permanent bondage.
  • It had a population of 1500. The county contained nearly 18,000 souls, of whom 78 were free negroes, 20 registered indentured servants, and six slaves.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Octavia E. Butler, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George Washington, License CC BY-SA 4.0