uh-uh
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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“Oh, you can’t find this in the store, uh-uh, not this, baby!” the user actressamira voiced over a TikTok video of raw herbs being sorted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
“No, uh-uh, I do not see dead people,” she tells the spirit.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
“For this video to get some love now in a time where Oaxacan folks are being bashed, hated on, it’s like, ‘No, uh-uh, let’s show the love,’” Flores said of the song’s spike in popularity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
She continued down the street, pushing her young charge in his stroller: “I’m sorry, uh-uh, no way.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
I’m not gonna lie and say it was easy, uh-uh.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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