How to pronounce suspense in American English
“suspense” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to suspense the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “suspense” in: all accents
“suspense” in real sentences — American speakers
60 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the suspense is building.
USGS
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The suspense is killing us!
The Obama White House
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It shows the subject line, the suspense, the classification.
National Archives
Words that sound like “suspense”
Words one sound away from suspense — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of suspense. 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.