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How to pronounce was in English

Was
/wɑz/

Examples from movies with Was

and even the music the band was gonna play.
Serendipity - The Groom's Gift
I was never checked out on this new system.
Red Eye - Reservation Emergency
Don't you think that it was awful easy to get a cab during rush hour.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - I Knew I Knew You
Cop who got mixed up in the rackets and got what was coming.
The Godfather - It's Strictly Business
was found dead in vent shaft 17.
Alien 3 - It's Here!
For me, it was a way out of a poor existence.
Match Point - Scoring a Date
Kyle, who was totally gorgeous, but then he moved to Indiana.
Mean Girls - Regina Bashes Janis
And Janis was, like, weirdly jealous of him.
Mean Girls - Regina Bashes Janis
So then, for my birthday party, Which was an all-girls pool party,
Mean Girls - Regina Bashes Janis
I was like, "Janis, I can't invite you,
Mean Girls - Regina Bashes Janis
All of her hair was cut off and she was totally weird and...
Mean Girls - Regina Bashes Janis
but, I believe I was here first.
Be Cool - Racial Epithets
And you're aware, I suppose, that our Lord was Jewish?
An Education - Hard and Boring
That virtue was its own reward that...
JFK - The Truth
this is not the country in which I was born
JFK - The Truth
This was never more true than for John F. Kennedy,
JFK - The Truth
whose murder was probably one of the most terrible moments
JFK - The Truth
That was shockingly awful. What is the objective?
Hitch - Shock and Awe
The one that King Bee was playin'?
Ray - Hummingbirds
Was it very nice, too?
Ray - Hummingbirds
Holly said there was a wide, wide heaven beyond everything we knew
The Lovely Bones - She's Gone
where there was no corn field, no memory.
The Lovely Bones - She's Gone

Audio pronunciation of Was

American pronunciation

Was pronounced by Ivy (child, girl)
Was pronounced by Joanna (female)
Was pronounced by Kendra (female)
Was pronounced by Kimberly (female)
Was pronounced by Salli (female)
Was pronounced by Joey (male)
Was pronounced by Justin (child, boy)
Was pronounced by Matthew (male)

British pronunciation

Was pronounced by Amy (female)
Was pronounced by Emma (female)
Was pronounced by Brian (male)