Sentence examples for to um from inspiring English sources

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to um

verb

To make the um sound to express confusion or hesitancy.

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But now it's come to, um, this?

And it came out to, um . . .

But why the shift from "er" to "um"?

A: "And he's only going to um I think 29".

But the fact that they have no children has begun to, um, gnaw.

Here's what Jennifer Floyd Engel of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram had to, um, say.

Mr. Owen is asked to, um, follow Ms. Lima as a favor to Mr. Whitaker.

Right, so she didn't feel it necessary to, um, meet the farmer who grew the vegetables?

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How do we … what's the way toum … where do we plug … ah.

After fifteen days, they went to Um Jafaar, Amar's mother.

Kudos to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in Colorado for an ad-campaign that's likely to... um... linger.

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