How to pronounce awful

Listen to awful in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“awful” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 263 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. the awful awful awful waiting lists but for I think for me to feel that the

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 186:33 · hear it here

  2. an awful l shooting- he got an awful lot of a shooting- he got an awful

    Dept of Justice · watch from 12:42 · hear it here

  3. There is an awful lot. There are an awful lot of data

    National Archives · watch from 18:41 · hear it here

  4. same people who spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of

    UK Parliament · watch from 93:14 · hear it here

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