How to pronounce took
Listen to took in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“took” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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work that took long took concentration,
UK Parliament · watch from 26:10 · hear it here
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curve, supervision that took place, training that took place.
CDC · watch from 128:23 · hear it here
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will we took it and looked at it took a took a preliminary look at that
NTSB · watch from 9:08 · hear it here
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audit and risk committee in particular took took keen interest.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 21:49 · hear it here
Why real speech
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