How to pronounce bought
Listen to bought in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“bought” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 489 American · 720 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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of the regional banks bought, bought this company.
Federal Reserve · watch from 17:33 · hear it here
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the second problem is if you bought a gigabit I say you bought it
FTC · watch from 106:06 · hear it here
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had I bought those cables.
FEMA · watch from 9:44 · hear it here
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bought something that contains PAS.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 126:28 · hear it here
Why real speech
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