How to pronounce goings
Listen to goings 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.
“goings” in real sentences
96 clips in the index · 13 American · 17 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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when there were children screaming and there were comings and goings?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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and goings or how many times they go to the bathroom.
CBC News · hear it here
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the checks and balances and general understanding of the goings-on by all.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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You do need that squishy uh messy impossible to predict goings-on in
How To Academy · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of goings. 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.