yuck

Example Sentences

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New England 27, Seattle 24, ugh, yuck, sigh.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

“Man, yuck, does frying the egg take the protein out?”

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2024

A component of Paxlovid activates one of the tongue’s bitter taste receptors even at low levels, which may draw out the yuck factor, the team reports this month in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2023

If your soul craves the knitwear of “All Creatures Great and Small,” if you like the old-timey medical yuck factor of “The Knick,” or especially if you want something freaky-deaky, watch this.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Mrs. Krupnik asked, with a look on her face that meant "yuck."

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry