How to pronounce looms in British English
“looms” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to looms the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “looms” in: all accents · American English (55 clips)
“looms” in real sentences — British speakers
48 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Climate change looms large, too.
The Scottish Parliament
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Safety looms large as a concern.
The Scottish Parliament
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Dressing up stagnation as stability as their expiry date looms ever closer.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “looms”
Words one sound away from looms — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “looms”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of looms. 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.