How to pronounce cruel
Listen to cruel 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.
“cruel” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 91 American · 786 British · 31 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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himself with cruel Tory policy after cruel Tory policy.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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a 40-plus woman It's really excessively cruel. It was cruel.
British Library · hear it here
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do you teach me how cruel you've been cruel and false
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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cruel, destabilizing, illegal even.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
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