uh-oh
Example Sentences
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Opal Sandy was treated shortly before her first birthday - and six months on, can hear sounds as soft as a whisper and is starting to talk, saying words such as "Mama", "Dada" and "uh-oh".
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
The Cavaliers played tight again against 16th-seeded Gardner-Webb and trailed by 14 in the first half, stirring their own uh-oh moment that both Jerome and Hunter referenced when discussing 2019.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The mood quickly becomes less ha-ha funny and more uh-oh funny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
“I was thinking, uh-oh, I’m in trouble. Now I’m going to have a man in my life.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
“Why are you smiling like that? Is this the uh-oh part?”
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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