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oh

[oh] / oʊ /
INTERJECTION
(expression of surprise)
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Croasmun has driven the old route myriad times, and “I’m not going to say it’s completely haunted, but in a couple of spots you just feel, oh jeez … “

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

For those very delights — oh, and the art too, yeah, sure — are why many people still want to go, a desire that watching “The Man Will Burn” will only strengthen.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

She added: “Maybe you think, oh, she’s not going to serve that well. I think what’s tough on this surface is if she does serve well, she serves big and she serves really good.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

“I don’t buy it when people just say, oh, this is not possible,” Neyshabur said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

“Oh, oh, oh, Uncle Jack is gonna be so tickled!”

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

The oh’s and ah’s from my sisters were wonderful to hear.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

O--oh Smith,"--nearly all Gholson's oh's were groans--"why is he here?

From The Cavalier by George Washington Cable

Their "oh's" and "ah's" were genuine as they looked at the two rooms; the numbers were about equally divided between those who preferred the restful room and those who preferred the fussy and gaudy one.

From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed

The name was duly examined, and Mrs. Evringham's "oh's" of wonder and admiration were long-drawn.

From Jewel's Story Book by Clara Louise Burnham

It was not spoken freely in words, merely in gestures and little ejaculatory "ah's," "oh's," and "too bad's"; but it was soothing to Dic, and sweet Miss Tousy gained a lifelong friend.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Charles Major

There were repeated "oohs," "ahhs," "ohs" and other vocalizings that reminded us just how remarkable an instrument the pliant Plant voice remains, even as he approaches turning 70 in August.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2018

Ocean says he spent weeks working on just the vocal tone of the four "ohs" that open the track.

From The Guardian Dec. 14, 2012

She shouts her way through bits and sings along to the tune, voice soaring into the almost screamed oh oh ohs.

From The Guardian Aug. 12, 2011

Her multitracked vocals appear first, in a waft of elfin ahs and ohs, before she starts a syncopated bass line, digging hard into a groove.

From New York Times Aug. 15, 2010

Her accent wasn’t perfect, a little too long on the ohs and too tight in the back of the throat, but it was really quite good.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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