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# How to pronounce "trailing behind" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/trɪlɪngbɛhɪnd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **trai·lin·gbe·hind**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "trailing behind" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "give in the detail but with Netanyahu I'm on the phone with the new prime minister of England Mr Biden cast out on the opinion polls that suggest he's trailing behind Donald Trump he said he didn't think anyone was more qualified or better than him to win the race but this interview is unlikely to silence the president's Democratic critics who want him to call it a day Peter Bose BBC News heard and Peter joined me a little earlier and told me more about Biden's"
- **Watch at 2:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lnWx8_0NJ4&t=151s)

### Example 2
> "polls while incumbent Chancellor Olaf Schulz Center left Social Democrats are trailing behind both men want to be in charge of the next government and making their differences quite clear one of these two men is set to become Germany's Next Chancellor Olaf Schultz is trying to defend his job"
- **Watch at 0:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaBvj_GqbRE&t=23s)

### Example 3
> "rather slow rollout of the eu-wide vaccination program production shortfalls and other stumbling blocks have left the eu trailing behind countries like the united kingdom and led to growing impatience among its leaders the european commission should exploit the economic power of the eu to put pressure on these huge corporations corporates here from ramping up vaccine production"
- **Watch at 2:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP14rq0qvA4&t=156s)

### Example 4
> "We have Nvidia is just the dominant player, AMD's trailing behind, and then we have TSMC is the main fab in Taiwan, which, you know, geopolitically sensitive. And then we have ASML, which is the maker of the lithography, extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, you know, attacking or monopolizing"
- **Watch at 45:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fEEbKJoNbU&t=2739s)

### Example 5
> "really about David Cameron it's much more about the government being in crisis so for about a year now Rishi sunuk and his conservative government have been trailing behind the opposition labor party for about 20 points behind the napales so that's a massive Gap and REI really saw the need to revive his party to revive his government and he needed to very desperately wanted to get"
- **Watch at 0:57**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxg27qMfbBs&t=57s)

### Example 6
> "I think government is always trailing behind on new technologies."
- **Watch at 4:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyr68MP0ytA&t=284s)

### Example 7
> "an alternative? And at least looking at current poll numbers, very much looks like they can, because for the very first time in over a decade, the governing Fidesz Party is actually trailing behind in many polls with regard to the biggest opposition party, the center-right Tisza Party, which existed a few years ago, but was just registered for the European parliamentary elections last year. So, we're speaking about a very, very young"
- **Watch at 5:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OUdbXh3lz0&t=303s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "development of these von carmen street tornadoes trailing behind the ball which is going to push the ball around just a little bit"
- **Watch at 15:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmWUfiDJmg&t=916s)

### Example 9
> "Drucker turned to see his father with Hank trailing behind him like a faithful Labrador."
- **Watch at 19:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lo_zmodnlU&t=1141s)

### Example 10
> "announced as a as a candidate they were tipped to maybe be able to win the elections then there were a few missteps in the campaign there were revelations of plagiarism of falsehood in her cv and then there were trailing behind ten points behind the conservatives but you know what just happened this crisis is environmental crisis this could change everything dw political correspondent"
- **Watch at 8:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9O4EK3HpRY&t=533s)


## How to Pronounce "trailing behind"

- **Syllables**: trai · lin · gbe · hind
- **IPA**: `/trɪlɪngbɛhɪnd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[trailing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/trailing), [behind](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/behind)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “trailing behind”?
“trailing behind” is pronounced /trɪlɪngbɛhɪnd/ (trai · lin · gbe · hind). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “trailing behind”?
“trailing behind” has 4 syllables: trai · lin · gbe · hind.

### How can I hear “trailing behind” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “trailing behind” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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