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.

  1. I was genuinely surprised.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 43:45 · hear it here

  2. - [Marty] Were they surprised?

    Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 16:16 · hear it here

  3. Has anything surprised you?

    UK Parliament · watch from 7:28 · hear it here

  4. been surprised at the number of times where a passenger has been surprised when

    FAA · watch from 56:36 · hear it here

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