How to pronounce used
Listen to used in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“used” 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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It's not used as much as it used to -- used to be used for congestive
NIH · watch from 26:20 · hear it here
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used and are probably already being used.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 119:42 · hear it here
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predominantly what they used to be used for.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 115:40 · hear it here
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been used and they will continue to be used.
National Park Service · watch from 72:18 · hear it here
Why real speech
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