Thesaurus / haw
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We hemmed and hawed endlessly about how to approach our new neighbors about this.
MISS MANNERS: NEW NEIGHBORS DON’T WANT TO RAISE A STINK ABOUT SMOKEJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Any senator interested in having a higher platform from which to attract attention can hem and haw over any picayune vote to their heart’s content.
IS THE CHOICE FOR DEMOCRATS JOE MANCHIN OR THE MINORITY?PHILIP BUMPFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST
A chorus of haw haws, showed how delighted his fellow-clowns were with farmer Joe's story.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIE
The Irish title of the letter a or haw is alif, as also is the Arabian: the Greek alpha is either alpa or alfa.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEY
This seemed a good joke, and they all howled and haw-hawed gleefully.
WAYSIDE COURTSHIPSHAMLIN GARLAND
Why do these—these people at the fort hem and haw and hesitate when they speak about him?
WARRIOR GAPCHARLES KING
He looked like an animated drying-post, and the Dutch boy, in spite of his troubles, began to haw-haw wildly.
MOTOR MATT'S MYSTERYSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
We ourselves laugh at a "haw-haw" intonation in English; why, then, should we forbid Americans to do so?
AMERICA TO-DAY, OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONSWILLIAM ARCHER
During the second day her burro gave a rasping bray, and a hee-haw answered from the bush.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND, COMPLETECHARLES M. SKINNER
The parson didn't say nuthin', but jist looked at me, while the men in the store haw-hawed right out an' told the joke all round.
THE FOURTH WATCHH. A. CODY
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