How to pronounce lurid
Listen to lurid 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.
“lurid” in real sentences
110 clips in the index · 4 American · 15 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I mean, Well, we can get a bit lurid.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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We've all become used to similar lurid headlines.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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when you talked about the lurid colours inside pies.
British Library · hear it here
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these plays are much more interested in lurid forms of murder.
CrashCourse · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lurid. 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.