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# How to pronounce "trawled" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/træwlɛd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **traw·led**

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- simple past and past participle of trawl

### Example Sentences
- "Heckler then trawled through maritime books and found a 15th century woodcut of a two-tailed siren."
- "The scientists first trawled through a ton of academic literature to come up with seven environmental factors that would most strongly affect Antarctic"

### Common Phrases
- technology trawled
- country trawled
- first trawled
- trawled nets

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "trawled" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "So they went with the name of the first-mate: Starbuck. Heckler then trawled through maritime books and found a 15th century woodcut of a two-tailed siren. Instead of luring sailors onto the rocks, this mythical mermaid would call people to come and grab a cup of coffee."
- **Watch at 0:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1BUJxUhNKM&t=29s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "The scientists first trawled through a ton of academic literature to come up with seven environmental factors that would most strongly affect Antarctic"
- **Watch at 3:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtFtqA87jUM&t=180s)

### Example 3
> "built barbed wire watch towers car parks for the guards researcher adrian zens found these images on google earth then trawled through tenders for construction and staffing for the camps and looked at another useful source local official propaganda we have government reports local state media reports we have"
- **Watch at 0:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioLaSUhVf8&t=50s)

### Example 4
> "you've got your drones get them up you've got your cameras to come out binoculars binoculars will get on it okay guys a boat equipped with sonar and sound technology trawled the waters in the biggest surface water hunt in 50 years with hundreds of volunteers lured to the"
- **Watch at 1:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Pnj0UMdUo&t=99s)

### Example 5
> "to shell companies in the British Virgin Islands. So we spoke to sources in country, trawled through company documents and other information trying to piece together a really true picture of the deal. And we were alarmed to find that these shell companies had quickly flipped many of the assets on for huge profits to major international mining companies"
- **Watch at 9:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhx1_yXMwCg&t=581s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "For years, fishing boats that trawled nets along the ocean floor had occasionally turned up not just crabs and lobsters, but pieces of coral."
- **Watch at 7:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vILVXgN0BI&t=456s)

### Example 7
*Accent: AUS*
> "in Meriden 60 kilometers south of Campion Library manager Wendy Porter has trawled through the archives where she's"
- **Watch at 3:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiYxSWrkdY&t=184s)


## How to Pronounce "trawled"

- **Syllables**: traw · led
- **IPA**: `/træwlɛd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[trawl](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/trawl)

### Related Terms
[untrawled](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/untrawled)


## Related Pronunciations

[traced](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/traced), [trached](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/trached), [tracked](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tracked), [tracted](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tracted), [traded](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/traded), [tra](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tra), [trab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/trab), [trabaccolo](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/trabaccolo)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “trawled”?
“trawled” is pronounced /træwlɛd/ (traw · led). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “trawled”?
“trawled” has 2 syllables: traw · led.

### What does “trawled” mean?
simple past and past participle of trawl

### How can I hear “trawled” used in real sentences?
This page has 7 real-world video examples of “trawled” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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