How to pronounce smiled
Listen to smiled 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.
“smiled” in real sentences
511 clips in the index · 35 American · 38 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Audrey never really smiled.
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
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Um, Donna, you smiled first.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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But the medium merely smiled.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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Raphaela smiled, his dimples showing.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of smiled. 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.