How to pronounce looms in American English
“looms” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to looms the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “looms” in: all accents · British English (48 clips)
“looms” in real sentences — American speakers
55 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the Afghanistan withdrawal looms large, in the background.
State Department
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nuclear weapon looms even larger today than it did last month.
The Obama White House
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We're what looms large over the acquisition discussion is Instagram.
Dept of Justice
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.