How to pronounce ran in American English
“ran” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ran the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“ran” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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tornadoes ran through there.
NOAA
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when he ran -- ran for reelection. She wanted to get rid of the
The White House
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Well, it ran into our fuelbreaks and it ran out of ground fuel.
US Forest Service
Words that sound like “ran”
Words one sound away from ran — 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 ran. 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.