How to pronounce became in American English
“became” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to became the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“became” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the war made more permanent and became became the storage became the exhibiting place for predominantly
Smithsonian Air & Space
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became wildly successful.
The Obama White House
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week later, he again became sick, and became very sick this time.
CDC
Words that sound like “became”
Words one sound away from became — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of became. 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.