hmm
Britishinterjection
Example Sentences
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“I was reading the Bible the other day, and there were em dashes in the book of James, and I was like, hmm, is this AI-generated?,”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Garrison: I used to just sit in my front yard and pull weeds while we talked, just like, “Mm hmm, tell me more.”
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2024
"I think about God and about fate. My fate is… hmm… I don't know," he said, explaining that he sometimes pictured himself after the war was over.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024
We dug right in and said, "hmm ..." pretty much right away.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2024
“I don’t know, beta. I’m still trying to work that out. I suppose all we can do is try, hmm? Perhaps life is about doing things in small steps to set things right again.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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