uh
interjection
ˈə 
usually with prolonged ə
chiefly US, informal
—used to express hesitation
Do you want to, uh, go out sometime?
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Because when those non-flight hours are being worked, uh flight attendants are not directly getting, um, an hourly rate for that.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 28 July 2024
That smashed the previous record set way back on, uh, Sunday.
Before Sunday, the previous record was set in July 2023.
—Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
But then he’s tossed into a cosmic in-between zone run by the Time Variance Authority (from, uh, TV’s Loki), the bureaucrats managing every cinematic universe seen and unseen.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
But, as Ian Malcolm reminded us, life, uh, finds a way.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 28 July 2024
That smashed the previous record set way back on, uh, Sunday.
Before Sunday, the previous record was set in July 2023.
—Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
But then he’s tossed into a cosmic in-between zone run by the Time Variance Authority (from, uh, TV’s Loki), the bureaucrats managing every cinematic universe seen and unseen.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
But, as Ian Malcolm reminded us, life, uh, finds a way.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for uh
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“Uh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uh. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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