How to pronounce sub
Listen to sub in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“sub” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 920 American · 967 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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numerous sub sub-committees.
US National Archives · watch from 130:49 · hear it here
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Sub-applicants submit their sub-applications to the applicant.
FEMA · watch from 11:42 · hear it here
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the years prior to 2015 organised by sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 70:52 · hear it here
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Time and again, the sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses were not listened to.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 12:11 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sub. 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.