um
Example Sentences
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“It was largely about having that reminder of this feeling of being in the audience,” Styles told Mayer of his time spent, um, researching.
From Los Angeles Times
“Um, with polar bears, it’s not survival of the fittest but survival of the fattest,” Owen told him.
From Literature
“Particularly when you have people offering up some, um, trolling info.”
From Los Angeles Times
Um . . . there are no dragons in this show.
From Salon
He couldn't be here because, um, we're getting a bearded dragon, and he went to a reptile expo in New Jersey.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
