Sentence examples for hiccups from inspiring English sources
The word 'hiccups' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to the spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm and muscles of the chest resulting in an abnormal intake of breath. For example, "I have been having hiccups all day."
noun
Plural of hiccup
- There were several loud hiccups from the back of the room, and the class erupted in laughter.
Del Valle said she was "gutted" when the race was cancelled, but Gething said he had been "fairly optimistic that it would go ahead and there were just a few hiccups".
It won't take many hiccups in the economy to disturb Hockey's strong revenue projections and with it the hopes for a smooth path back to surplus.
Rather, I feel nauseous from the diesel exhaust puttering out hiccups of black smoke, as the Bhavna Putra's chipped orange and white hull soars and dips like a cistern ball-cock, on the alum-coloured waves.
He has close ties with Russia, and the countries have signed a series of agreements to allow greater cooperation, although there have been periodic hiccups, including several Moscow-imposed cuts in natural gas supplies because of unpaid debts.
But she neglects to point out that there were memorable hiccups in Jobs's time too.
Nor do they bother executives at Sirius Satellite Radio in New York, XM's only American competitor at the moment, which has been equally plagued with high-tech hiccups.
Recent downturns in the euro area and Britain seem like minor hiccups in comparison.
It has racked up net losses totalling about $140m over the past two years, some of which were the result of hiccups in starting up a new distribution centre.
Now, after last-minute hiccups, a constitutional amendment with 105 clauses, additions and deletions is poised for approval by a two-thirds majority of both houses of Parliament.
Administrative hiccups seem likely to delay his contract for several weeks.
For all its hiccups and slip-ups, the continent is groping forward.
