How to pronounce spent
Listen to spent in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“spent” 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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Now Now he spent He spent time He spent time in his speech He spent time
UK Parliament · watch from 68:16 · hear it here
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spent to ensure that it is spent successfully?
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 50:58 · hear it here
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she spent actually working.
National Archives · watch from 61:40 · hear it here
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spent efficiently and effectively.
GAO · watch from 2:07 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of spent. 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.