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Example Sentences

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She’s even practiced her script: “Can I please have a large cheese pizza with, um, a lemonade and brownies?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"Um, it's hard to explain. Um, um, uh, a world tour. I'm Justin Timberlake," the star says.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Today: The number claiming Social Security is … um … 70.2 million.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

“Particularly when you have people offering up some, um, trolling info.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

“Okay, but um, what I wanted to ask you...I mean, real quick, I just wanted to know, uh...”

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée