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How to pronounce by in English

By
/baɪ/

Examples from movies with By

I don't know the number by heart.
Brake - Trapped
and, by pressing down firmly with your hands
Red Lights - Lecture
when Walmart opened down by the highway.
Price Check - Pricing & Marketing
You can start by popping the trunk, that all right?
Detour - Arrested
He's a priest of the Israelites, despised even by the other priests.
Hail, Caesar! - Got Most Of It
On yesterday's march, punished by the dust of the road,
Hail, Caesar! - Got Most Of It
...is standing by along the parade route at 17th and Constitution.
Loving - Civil Rights
By the way, my ex-spouse did not give me the heave.
Aloha - My Brain is Unpickable
Some of you get replaced by a comic-book version of yourself.
Aloha - My Brain is Unpickable
No, Grace. They liked the fact that he saved a little girl from getting hit by a van.
Annie - Five Points in the Polls
Look here, Bono. I didn't watch that front door by myself.
Fences - The Marrying Kind
I think people might misinterpret what you mean by "trick or treat".
Fun Size - Going to a Party
by exercising cocksure self-control
Chi-Raq - All Hold Out
Oh, by the way, she still looks great!
The Hollars - She Kissed Me
by Wadiyan leader, Admiral General Aladeen.
The Dictator - Opening Scene
guaranteed by the U.S. government.
The Big Short - Jenga
Let's not talk about my margins, by the way.
The Big Short - Jenga
that the button on the detonator being pushed by a rabbit!
Peter Rabbit - Forgiveness
A demonstration of the shock collar by the most decorated canine in FBI history.
See Spot Run - The FBI's Top Dog
Hey, Tree? Hey. Just, coming by to...
Happy Death Day - Just Say Yes

Audio pronunciation of By

American pronunciation

By pronounced by Ivy (child, girl)
By pronounced by Joanna (female)
By pronounced by Kendra (female)
By pronounced by Kimberly (female)
By pronounced by Salli (female)
By pronounced by Joey (male)
By pronounced by Justin (child, boy)
By pronounced by Matthew (male)

British pronunciation

By pronounced by Amy (female)
By pronounced by Emma (female)
By pronounced by Brian (male)