--- title: "How to pronounce \"pull strings\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"pull strings\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/SMkZ2zfpLiY/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pull-strings" --- # How to pronounce "pull strings" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/pʌllstrɪngs/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **pul·lstrings** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (5 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "pull strings" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "retire even if he hands over power within the next couple of weeks and that means his father will remain the president of the Cambodian people's party and pull strings from behind the scenes now this is a single party state with what has essentially been a performative election with a pre-ordained outcome as your report also pointed out having said that what are some of the challenges facing the country that citizens might" - **Watch at 3:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMkZ2zfpLiY&t=229s) ### Example 2 *Accent: AUS* > "I put things that pull strings and they move." - **Watch at 0:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LOPVNEOBeY&t=27s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "everybody knew and you know could pull strings and and change your life right and continues to be your editor well when that" - **Watch at 65:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0a1FjniJKY&t=3928s) ### Example 4 > "Beneath these communities notice, have been political determinants that have pulled and continue to pull strings that prevent them from achieving their optimal health and full potential." - **Watch at 9:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295vZaAIwvY&t=564s) ### Example 5 > "of certain structures of the old regime. There's people who don't want to be put to trial. There's people who have business interests to lose. There's corruption networks that they don't want to be laid out in the open. Um, so I do believe that these people exist and that they do pull strings as much as they can. And of course chaos helps them because this will make people ask for a partial return of the old regime of the old structures because you know if you" - **Watch at 17:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRZfy_qlUgI&t=1055s) ## How to Pronounce "pull strings" - **Syllables**: pul · lstrings - **IPA**: `/pʌllstrɪngs/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [pull](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pull), [strings](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/strings) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “pull strings”? “pull strings” is pronounced /pʌllstrɪngs/ (pul · lstrings). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “pull strings”? “pull strings” has 2 syllables: pul · lstrings. ### How can I hear “pull strings” used in real sentences? This page has 5 real-world video examples of “pull strings” with synchronized subtitles. 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