How to pronounce sting in British English
“sting” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to sting the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sting” in: all accents · American English (106 clips)
“sting” in real sentences — British speakers
26 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> thank you, Deputy Sting, sir.
The Scottish Parliament
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a butterfly and sting like a bee, although that is not always possible in the circumstances
UK Parliament
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However, he could not resist putting a little sting in the tail of his motion this
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “sting”
Words one sound away from sting — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “sting”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sting. 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.