Learn How to Pronounce CLANDESTINE – CLANDESTINE in a Sentence

Learn how to pronounce CLANDESTINE correctly by examining the syllables. Also see CLANDESTINE in a sentence to understand the context in which it can be used.

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The word CLANDESTINE is an adjective made up of 3 syllables.

Stress the 2nd syllable. It’s pronounced clan-DES-tin

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In the picture we see a police raid at a brewery.

The sentence reads: This archive photograph shows police in Detroit raiding a clandestine brewery during the prohibition era in the United States, when the production and sale of alcoholic beverages was banned.

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Examples of CLANDESTINE from news items:

French prosecutors are investigating claims that senior ministers attended secret dinners at clandestine luxury restaurants in Paris that served maskless guests champagne and caviar in defiance of the country’s coronavirus restrictions.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/05/france-secret-restaurants-paris/

The carabinieri military police acted “during a clandestine meeting between the two, caught immediately after the transfer of a document by the Italian officer in exchange for a sum of money,” a police statement said.
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56588506

After the United States imposed sanctions on Iran’s fuel industry in late 2018, the Iranian government became more reliant on clandestine shipping.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/world/middleeast/israel-iran-shadow-war.html

Camp 7 opened in December 2006 for prisoners previously held in a network of clandestine CIA detention facilities, often referred to as “black sites,” where they were subjected to brutal interrogation techniques.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2021/04/04/4aa47502-9427-11eb-bb49-5cb2a95f4cec_story.html

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