How to pronounce lurch in American English
“lurch” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to lurch the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lurch” in: all accents · British English (52 clips)
“lurch” in real sentences — American speakers
28 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Patients like me are left in the lurch.
CDC
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But don't leave us in a lurch, please.
The Obama White House
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And, you know, you don't want to have government lurch from almost fixing that last problem,
NIH
Words that sound like “lurch”
Words one sound away from lurch — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lurch. 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.