How to pronounce surprised
Listen to surprised 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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“surprised” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 670 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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I was genuinely surprised.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 43:45 · hear it here
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- [Marty] Were they surprised?
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 16:16 · hear it here
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Has anything surprised you?
UK Parliament · watch from 7:28 · hear it here
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been surprised at the number of times where a passenger has been surprised when
FAA · watch from 56:36 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of surprised. 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.