How to pronounce wanted
Listen to wanted in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“wanted” 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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President Trump: They wanted they wanted that money.
EPA · watch from 0:50 · hear it here
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wanted, you wanted to do or you want.
Census Bureau · watch from 37:03 · hear it here
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said of Politics as being something that I wanted wanted to do wanted to go into
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 50:37 · hear it here
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Then I wanted to run over and jus wanted to run over and just told wanted
Dept of Justice · watch from 12:18 · hear it here
Why real speech
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