How to pronounce sponge
Listen to sponge 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.
“sponge” in real sentences
395 clips in the index · 77 American · 38 British · 33 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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mineralised sponge, and the hydrothermal fluids percolate through the sponge.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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sponge for excess rainfall.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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sponge emotionally difficult uh
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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sponge, the liquid comes out.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sponge. 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.