How to pronounce urgent
Listen to urgent in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“urgent” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 507 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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critical an urgent problem this tr critical an urgent problem this truly is critical an urgent
Dept of Justice · watch from 10:14 · hear it here
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It is an urgent issue—it is urgent to our constituents.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 38:21 · hear it here
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programs need urgent attention.
GAO · watch from 1:11 · hear it here
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urgent about addressing that.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 65:12 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of urgent. 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.