How to pronounce cried in American English
“cried” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to cried the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “cried” in: all accents · British English (51 clips)
“cried” in real sentences — American speakers
246 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They cried and cried and cried.
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And I cried, I cried every day for three months.
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And "my mother kissed me," he said, "and I cried and she cried.
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Words that sound like “cried”
Words one sound away from cried — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “cried”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cried. 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.