ugh

Example Sentences

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The movie's dialogue consists largely of grunts and ughs, to which sensible viewers may want to add a kind of choral effect of their own.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other old women rose from their hard beds with many "ughs" and groans, and undercurrents of grumbling.

From Good Luck by Meade, L. T.

Having thus spoken, and been greeted from time to time with an ejaculation from his companions, the old warrior resumed his seat, amid a shower of "ughs."

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill

"By means of which he hoped, Raja Vikram!" said the demon, not heeding his royal carrier's "ughs" and "poohs," "to become in course of time almost as clever as his mistress."

From Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance by Burton, Isabel, Lady