How to pronounce despondent
Listen to despondent 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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“despondent” in real sentences
83 clips in the index · 10 American · 8 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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fine despondent, perhaps.
US National Archives · hear it here
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I was hopeless and despondent.
Big Think · hear it here
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His supporters were despondent outside court.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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Uh can make people really despondent
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of despondent. 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.