How to pronounce waited
Listen to waited in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“waited” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 253 American · 892 British · 19 Australian · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So we waited and waited and waited and waited.
The Moth · hear it here
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She waited and waited and waited.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And all those rhythms and they waited and waited and waited.
British Library · hear it here
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appeared and he waited and he waited
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of waited. 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.