How to pronounce cogs
Listen to cogs in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“cogs” in real sentences
163 clips in the index · 33 American · 41 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Okay, well, keep the cogs turning.
British Library · hear it here
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are the key cogs in the wheel.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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up as minute cogs in endlessly complicated engines.
The School of Life · hear it here
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put the cogs in there in the first place, right?
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cogs. 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.