we'd
/wiːd/
US pronunciation
American sound/wiːd/
wed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Past ending sound
US voice -> we'd
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘We would both have to admit, we'd been checking his gums for signs of teeth more than three times a day.’
- ‘If he wants some old-time religion, we'd better give him some - and you are doing your best.’
- ‘Coming back on the coach that night you would have thought we'd actually won the Cup!’
- ‘For our part, we got a lot of positive comments and came away feeling that we'd achieved something.’
- ‘Considering all the precautions we'd taken, this was something of a security lapse.’
- ‘By this time we'd most of us repaired to the bar and were feeling pleased with ourselves and a bit triumphant.’
- ‘The fact is I lost all sense of time and did not know how long we'd been in the water.’
- ‘The pleasure of buying a house there had turned into a draining and joyless slog and we'd had enough.’
- ‘We'd seen a good man resign and we'd gone through a lengthy leadership contest.’
- ‘We kept trying to cut it short saying we had to do this or that but he would just wait until we'd finished.’
- ‘We reminisced about productions we'd been involved in, good and bad, down the years.’
- ‘Unfortunately, the bike was considerably over the budget that we'd been planning on.’
- ‘If we don't have time to go and study and enjoy music we'd better not talk about it.’
- ‘It felt like ages since we'd all met up, and in fact, thinking back, it was the night of the four-hour journey.’
- ‘Though we'd only just met, it felt like spending a lazy Saturday afternoon with an old friend.’
- ‘Pete took me out for a beer and we'd just got in a second when Nicholas arrived to advise us that the show was starting.’
- ‘Before we'd even made our choices from the menu, it already felt better than the previous visit.’
- ‘And we'd only just sat down when the melodious tones of a male choir sweetly filled the air.’
- ‘After we'd finished work on it, she and her manager asked me to meet them at a club.’
- ‘Of course, if we'd lived there, we would never have met our drinking buddy neighbours here.’
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