How to pronounce sad
Listen to sad in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“sad” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 265 American · 752 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Sad times!” These are sad times, indeed.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 26:51 · hear it here
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has changed in recent years with the, um, sad, sad, uh, arrival of county line gangs.
UK Parliament · watch from 23:54 · hear it here
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the sad helped damp those oscillations out considerably the sad worked flawlessly for us again inflated
NASA · watch from 35:29 · hear it here
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That’s incredibly sad news, and hope that – actually, that’s just – that’s very sad,
State Department · watch from 43:32 · hear it here
Why real speech
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