How to pronounce lost
Listen to lost in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“lost” 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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hope—and in year after year of lost harvests, lost water resources, lost livelihoods and lost children.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 2:42 · hear it here
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lost lost loved ones in this accident
NTSB · watch from 76:33 · hear it here
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to claim lost salaries or lost wages
Dept of Labor · watch from 22:42 · hear it here
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Once that is lost, you are lost.
USDA · watch from 8:46 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lost. 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.