How to pronounce longing
Listen to longing 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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“longing” in real sentences
467 clips in the index · 22 American · 20 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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And also a longing to return, a longing for renewal and reconciliation.
YaleCourses · hear it here
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regret, longing and error.
The School of Life · hear it here
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warned me through that gave me longing a longing for life that grew inside me like
British Library · hear it here
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but search without longing is directionless.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of longing. 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.