ugh

Example Sentences

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“Nobody would look at that and say, ugh, you’re going to have a lot of defaults,” Ostrover said.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

“There’s a funny moment when you realize that as an activist: The off-ramp out of extreme poverty is, ugh, commerce, it’s entrepreneurial capitalism.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

It also makes Nancy’s suspicions more difficult to disprove, hence the crawl-through-the-window plan instead of, say, unlocking an iPhone — ugh!

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

“I don’t want it to be: ‘I need to go grocery shopping and, ugh, it’s such a drag.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024

“I don’t know what an ugh is, but probably not,” said Boo smugly.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi