How to pronounce rough
Listen to rough 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.
“rough” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 552 American · 764 British · 77 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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was rough here really rough
Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Project · hear it here
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Yeah, that's rough. That's rough, right?
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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Can you provide even just a rough rough ballpark?
RNZ · hear it here
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however I have had some really rough rough rough times in England and the lovely thing
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
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