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.
“awful” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 263 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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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
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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
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There is an awful lot. There are an awful lot of data
National Archives · watch from 18:41 · hear it here
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same people who spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of
UK Parliament · watch from 93:14 · hear it here
Why real speech
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