How to Use uh in a Sentence

uh

interjection
Definition of uhnext
  • But how does the beetle get the frog to, uh, open up the hatch?
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 3 Aug. 2020
  • That’s, uh, not how any of this works, but his heart was in the right place.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • If the munchkins do plan on munching on the chia, please, uh, don’t.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The one caveat to this rule: getting a techy gift that doesn't... uh... work.
    — Lee Neikirk, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The rest of it is … uh-huh, the echo … made for making money.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022
  • And uh, that was the start of a very rough chapter in my childhood.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Hemsworth might be the most self-aware himbo to grace the screen since, uh, Brad Pitt (?)!
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Well, uh, might wanna make room in the bunker with the rest of the doomsday preppers.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 2 Sep. 2021
  • There’s a new shortstop in town, who, uh, was the old shortstop.
    — Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2021
  • So, uh, who's telling Vance that his girlfriend might be a thief?
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Look, uh, isn't this, isn't this child supposed to get some more medicine tonight?
    — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Enter online for your, uh, shot to pay a dime to drink a beer.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
  • That’s a record number of teams in the poll, breaking the record that occurred, uh, last week.
    — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • And then there was Cobain’s voice: as thin and malleable as a sheet of, uh, lithium.
    — Brad Shoup, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2022
  • But sometimes things that start in the shallow end move deeper in the, uh, pool of love?
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2022
  • But, uh-oh, the boss isn’t pleased with our performance.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
  • My mom called me into her room, and uh, Gabby's face was all over the news.
    — CBS News, 25 Sep. 2021
  • On behalf of me and my faammm-uh-leeee, bless your hearts.
    — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022
  • But uh, something weird is going on with a whole lot of them.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • But, uh, the corny lyric references are our job, girly.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The two Kennedy children, uh, both have birthday's next week.
    — Bob Schieffer, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Like a Microplane, uh, a paring knife, stuff like that.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Then the whole gang had a catered buffet with a s'mores bar, charcuterie board, and, uh, a harpist!
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The idea of carrying around a bloody used pad is, uh, a little strange.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Back from a, uh, trip with high school students and it was called Distaval.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But, uh, remember: these guys just took a bunch of drugs.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 3 June 2022
  • Texas A&M has come a long ways from, uh, nearly losing to Vandy.
    — Hannah Underwood, Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Took, took the, uh, uh, really took the, uh, headlines.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The Athletics are set to move to Sacramento next season for, uh, a few seasons until their new stadium in Las Vegas is ready.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Thus, citing her desire to stay loyal to her allies — uh, Leah might have some thoughts about that one — Makensy voted to evict Rubina.
    — Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024

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