How to pronounce surprise

Listen to surprise in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“surprise” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 530 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. Maybe bad surprise and good surprise.

    National Archives · watch from 32:20 · hear it here

  2. but what a surprise but what a surprise what a surprise he saw the chance to

    UK Parliament · watch from 5:20 · hear it here

  3. WONDERFUL SCIENTIFIC SURPRISE.

    NASA · watch from 16:07 · hear it here

  4. That is a surprise. Actually, it is not a surprise, because

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 4:51 · hear it here

Why real speech

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