How to pronounce cursory

Listen to cursory 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.

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“cursory” in real sentences

144 clips in the index · 39 American · 48 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. What a cursory glance looked like uh what with a cursory glance, you know, looked like

    British Library · hear it here

  2. So, um, so there's just initial cursory look.

    NTSB · hear it here

  3. deep cursory what's the situation been like Mr.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. cursory just referencing it and then it goes to slavery.

    Penguin Books UK · hear it here

Why real speech

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