How to pronounce aback
Listen to aback in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“aback” in real sentences
139 clips in the index · 8 American · 68 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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conversation, I was quite taken aback.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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The Prime Minister I was slightly taken aback
UK Parliament · hear it here
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Um, were you taken aback by any of that?
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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Jewish community, and he was taken aback by the opposition.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of aback. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.