How to pronounce fought
Listen to fought in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“fought” in real sentences
834 clips in the index · 251 American · 583 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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We see a remarkable woman who fought and fought and fought.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 39:58 · hear it here
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We fought for seven years.
Dept of Justice · watch from 91:57 · hear it here
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Friend fought in that constituency.
UK Parliament · watch from 23:59 · hear it here
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to blacks if whites fought hard against the blacks none fought harder than Ralph Banks a
National Archives · watch from 11:38 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of fought. 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.