uh-uh
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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“Remember her answer? Uh uh, uh, what? No, no, I didn’t leak. Maybe she didn’t, but that was the worst body language I’ve ever seen.”
From Fox News • Sep. 30, 2018
Andrew Beckett: I… many things… uh… uh… What I love the most about the law?
From Forbes • Jan. 19, 2015
You sign this and I don’t see any reason why we can't make him seem very, um, uh, uh ...
From Slate • May 29, 2013
“Uh, uh, uh, uh,” Goldman said, and picked out a pair of closefitting Givenchy pants and a $3,500 black vest from Viktor & Rolf.
From New York Times • May 2, 2013
Jimmy went, “Uh, uh, uh .. “And the next thing I know I’m watching my mouthpiece and my chance to be champ flying out of the ring into the fourth row of seats.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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