How to pronounce short
Listen to short in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“short” 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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really short, really short.
NIST · watch from 31:00 · hear it here
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as expected. Short, short, succinct.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 166:42 · hear it here
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fell short and how we fell short.
Federal Reserve · watch from 20:28 · hear it here
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Hold short. Hold short is one of the most
FAA · watch from 1:46 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of short. 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.