How to pronounce despairing
Listen to despairing 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.
Open all results for “despairing”
“despairing” in real sentences
89 clips in the index · 1 American · 22 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
The work is sombre, but not despairing.
The School of Life · hear it here
-
I don't think it's despairing.
British Library · hear it here
-
I am not despairing, in that respect.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
-
He was there having coffee every day with actors and would be directors despairing about
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of despairing. 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.