hmm

/ mm /

interjection

1. a sound made when considering or puzzling over something

Example Sentences

Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?

From The Daily Beast

Hmm, I can think of one self-respecting sister who would hide.

From The Daily Beast

To which one would say: Hmm, the homeless man with perfect organs would have had to have been over 500 years old.

From The Daily Beast

She pulls and pinches at the fabric and says, “Hmm,” which is hard to interpret.

From The Daily Beast

Hmm, I wonder what it was about Obama that inflamed passions so.

From The Daily Beast

"Hmm, convulsions," he finally said softly to himself, and Mr. Narkom watched his face with intense eagerness.

From Project Gutenberg

Hmm; most young ladies who have visited us have seemed afraid rather than pleased.

From Project Gutenberg

I will take the picture off his hands and allow him—hmm—maybe two hundred dollars; or, he can take it and owe me that much more.

From Project Gutenberg

Hmm—he might, although a foreigner, be forced to take a journey to Siberia.

From Project Gutenberg

Hmm, it's not as fragrant as might be; that is, Not before it's smeared.

From Project Gutenberg