How to pronounce abrupt
Listen to abrupt 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.
“abrupt” in real sentences
338 clips in the index · 82 American · 56 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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of an abrupt policy correction.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
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this abrupt shortening of the war.
British Library · hear it here
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with the abrupt onset of sound.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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and avoid um these uh abrupt kinetic action.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of abrupt. 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.