um
Americaninterjection
interjection
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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At one point in the more than two hours of tapes released on Monday, Biden tells the ghostwriter: "The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
A test for Mr. Pelley will be whether he dines out for the rest of his life on the, um, puffed-up version of his firing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“That was, um, very nice,” she told me after, still a little lost for words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Today: The number claiming Social Security is … um … 70.2 million.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
“Yeah. It might save a life. And, um, could you chip off a little piece of crystal from your cave? I don’t need much.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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