How to pronounce breaking

Listen to breaking 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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“breaking” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 531 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. ditches, breaking their necks.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 57:46 · hear it here

  2. paradigm is breaking down.

    USGS · watch from 71:53 · hear it here

  3. for breaking the rules and breaking the law he's sorry because he's

    UK Parliament · watch from 25:38 · hear it here

  4. they're breaking mental models.

    Federal Reserve · watch from 5:49 · hear it here

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