How to pronounce ing
Listen to ing 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.
“ing” in real sentences
537 clips in the index · 85 American · 156 British · 23 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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For our part in that to-ing and fro-ing, I apologise.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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reentering ing African stories.
British Library · hear it here
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and he championed “dignify[ing] and glorify[ing] common labor” while remaining separate from white Americans; even if
CrashCourse · hear it here
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I am the host, Rabbi David Ing.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ing. 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.