How to pronounce long
Listen to long in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“long” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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push in the for a long long long term
NTSB · watch from 56:34 · hear it here
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could go a long, long way.
UK Parliament · watch from 31:16 · hear it here
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long, long time. Next slide please.
FAA · watch from 3:28 · hear it here
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long-term investment and long-term return.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 124:58 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of long. 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.