uh-oh

Example Sentences

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“Uh-oh. What do we have here?”

From Literature

Kendrick hears this and gets an “uh-oh” look on his face.

From Literature

“Uh-oh,” Cassiopeia said with a frown.

From Literature

The show has been produced with the usual tics of the genre: comments presented in the present tense that could only have been taped later; dramatic music and editing; the “hey ho uh-oh” narrative framing of big, loud host Tom “The Blowfish” Hird, with his braided pirate’s beard, whose website identifies him as a “heavy metal marine biologist.”

From Los Angeles Times

And yet, in any unlikely event that disrupts that environment, the prepared jet-setter can shine using the same techniques that have helped pilots, flight attendants, and other passengers who have experienced the big “Uh-oh!” and survived to tell about it.

From Slate