uh-oh

Example Sentences

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Opal Sandy was treated shortly before her first birthday - and six months on, can hear sounds as soft as a whisper and is starting to talk, saying words such as "Mama", "Dada" and "uh-oh".

From BBC • May 8, 2024

The Cavaliers played tight again against 16th-seeded Gardner-Webb and trailed by 14 in the first half, stirring their own uh-oh moment that both Jerome and Hunter referenced when discussing 2019.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

“I was thinking, uh-oh, I’m in trouble. Now I’m going to have a man in my life.”

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022

“It almost felt like, uh-oh, this is where the pressure begins,” Blu said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2020

“Why are you smiling like that? Is this the uh-oh part?”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner