yuck

Example Sentences

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How do you say, "No one else is going to want a piece if you take all the frosting — especially when you lick the spoon and put it back on the cake"? Yuck!

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021

The document permitted Leanfore’s great-grandmother, Yuck Land Hing, to come and go from Australia at a time when the White Australia Policy kept out most Asian immigrants.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2018

Yuck weather: Muggy and sticky conditions persisted Wednesday in Southern California as monsoonal moisture brings summer rains, thunderstorms and the threat of flash flooding to the valleys.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2017

In some cases, they become “symbols of ethnic membership,” says Daniel Kelly, a philosopher at Purdue and author of Yuck!

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2014

“Glow & Behold” is the band’s second album, and it’s a touch looser and less mannered than its debut, which means Yuck is become a real band, not just a spot-on imitation of one.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2013