How to pronounce needed
Listen to needed in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“needed” 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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needed, and it is needed fast.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 24:22 · hear it here
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If it’s needed, it’s needed.
State Department · watch from 22:51 · hear it here
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we we needed several changes to our legislation we needed congressional approval we needed
FTC · watch from 26:05 · hear it here
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needed submarines one day we found we needed planes the next where we needed planes for
US National Archives · watch from 6:59 · hear it here
Why real speech
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