--- title: "How to pronounce \"hung back\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"hung back\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/4Lo_zmodnlU/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hung-back" --- # How to pronounce "hung back" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/hʌngbæk/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **hun·gback** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (11 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "hung back" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "of this, you can, Drucker." Drucker tried to protest, but the president was already waddling proudly down the hall, forgetting about Hank, who hung back with Drucker. "So what were you really doing out there?" asked Hank, nudging Drucker in the ribs as soon as the president was out of earshot." - **Watch at 20:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lo_zmodnlU&t=1235s) ### Example 2 > "He hung back, keeping a safe distance." - **Watch at 28:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX0PGq_oWGY&t=1719s) ### Example 3 > "they're incredible performers but they also play really well with the kids I actually I think one of the things today my tummy was a bit upset and I was quite tired so I hung back in quite a few moments and it also made me kind of really happy just to see my other two colleagues just playing with the kids and then you just see these group of kids and they're all just standing there" - **Watch at 2:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtZ6B63RwmA&t=153s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "bone crushing they were AED and afraid they hung back lest he have at command a" - **Watch at 120:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzU1OpwRSf0&t=7227s) ### Example 5 *Accent: AUS* > "edge of the tree line and the boy hung back and he said Switzerland's up there and he said I can't go any further" - **Watch at 37:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSxTAZMXMys&t=2267s) ### Example 6 > "cheer. That was why a few of us hung back, didn't leave ourselves where we kept our drawings and our love letters, where we stewed our one good comb" - **Watch at 17:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PvWht9J60I&t=1032s) ### Example 7 > "your colleagues in the conference about him in the last couple weeks as he's become the hot candidate I think there's more and more uh House and Senate members who are getting excited about Marco a lot of them have hung back somewhat but um there's there's a there's a real youth movement in the house and the Senate a lot of a lot of men and women who are in their uh late to mid-30s to early 40s mid-40s and they see a Marco Rubio who's a Gen X guy um" - **Watch at 37:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3rx8y61C8&t=2235s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "'I had grown so fond of the place that when the time came I hung back and let the others go on without me." - **Watch at 260:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU3L62OomvQ&t=15658s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "and laer and the professor joined in the push to get into it I hung back deciding to wait for the next one so that I could get in first and get back to the rear" - **Watch at 187:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8quC26EIg0&t=11266s) ### Example 10 *Accent: US* > "loin cloth his brown back bare nine bears moved stuffily almost without his silent sound and Peter hung back trying to avoid making a sound" - **Watch at 38:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO176S1zVLk&t=2326s) ## How to Pronounce "hung back" - **Syllables**: hun · gback - **IPA**: `/hʌngbæk/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [hung](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hung), [back](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/back) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “hung back”? “hung back” is pronounced /hʌngbæk/ (hun · gback). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “hung back”? “hung back” has 2 syllables: hun · gback. ### How can I hear “hung back” used in real sentences? This page has 11 real-world video examples of “hung back” with synchronized subtitles. 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