How to pronounce smug
Listen to smug 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.
“smug” in real sentences
166 clips in the index · 10 American · 17 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Piece of Piece of Smug bastard.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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And she gave me this little smug smile.
The Moth · hear it here
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and I don't want to be smug.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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little smug to recognize this here MC squared
The Royal Society · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of smug. 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.