phew
Example Sentences
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He “was groaning a lot, saying, ‘Phew.’
From Slate
Landlady Beccy Webster said: "When the final whistle went, I just said 'phew!'"
From BBC
This postseason features two rising-star rookie quarterbacks, at least two Week 1 rematches and one big phew.
From Los Angeles Times
“Phew,” wrote the X critic, “because we all would hate to think a non-citizen, or an illegal immigrant, could ever harm innocent people.”
From Los Angeles Times
Most readers probably got no further than that: Phew, democracy saved and all!
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
