How to pronounce sought
Listen to sought in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“sought” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 364 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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written authority was sought.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 90:05 · hear it here
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So a injunction was sought.
Dept of Justice · watch from 32:38 · hear it here
Why real speech
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