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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a whoa" is not correct and usable in written English.
It seems to be an informal expression, possibly used to convey surprise or excitement, but it lacks clarity and standard usage.
Example: "When I saw the roller coaster, I couldn't help but exclaim, 'Whoa!'"
Alternatives: "Wow!" or "Hold on!".
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Are women more likely than men to -- A: Whoa.
There's a Whoa! factor.
It easily could have been angled for a "Whoa, that's insane" effect.
This evening, however, is unlikely to be one recalled with a "whoa".
Before you can let loose a "Whoa!", Bruce Wayne is awakened in the Batcave.
As it threatened to pop out of the screen, it provoked a "Whoa!" from at least one viewer.
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Oh, oh woe-a-whoa is me / the first time that you touched me.
We calved very early this year because we had an escapee bull last year, so they were all bulled a little early... ...... Whoa, whoa, I say.
But "Great White Hunter" turned out to be a rerelease of "The Macomber Affair" (based upon the Hemingway story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"), a whoa-what's-happening-here sexual psychodrama directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston as the unlucky Macomber.
A purposeful "Whoa!" is a hopeful signal to stop.
A short "Whoa!" usually followed a great play, then silence.
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