Sentence examples for umm from inspiring English sources
The part of the phrase "umm" is correct and can be used in written English, though it is informal.
It is typically used to indicate hesitation or to fill a pause in conversation, often when someone is thinking or unsure. Example: "Umm, I'm not sure if I can make it to the meeting tomorrow."
interjection
Interjection implying hesitation; see um.
Other precious holdings include original manuscripts hand-written by the author; because they were not done by a copyist, they are referred to as the umm or "mother" scripts.
Elsewhere within the region, novel writing was initiated at a later date: in Iraq by Maḥmūd Aḥmad al-Sayyid with Fī sabīl al-zawāj (1921; "On the Marriage Path"); in Algeria by Aḥmad Riḍā Hūhū with Ghādat umm al-qurā (1947; "Maid of the City"); and in Morocco by ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Jallūn with Fī al-ṭufūlah (1957; "In Childhood").
"So I won't, umm, so I can stay healthy and I won't die and that I can... .. she paused.
Among the works that have been influential in the spread of gnostic ideas are treatises like Brethren of Purity (Ikhwān al-ṣafā) and The Mother of Books (Umm al-kitāb) (Daftary 1990; Nasr & Aminrazavi 1999/2001).
"In the east, a day without Umm Kulthum would have no colour".
Grout's version of Baeed Anak is of particular interest in Egypt, where Umm Kulthum's popularity has barely dropped since her 40-year career in the middle of the 20th century and she remains a national hero – four million Egyptians reportedly took to the streets to mourn her death in 1975.
Nahla Mattar, the director of Cairo's Umm Kulthum museum, said she was impressed by Grout's dedication, but argued the singer still needed "a lot of deep training in Quranic recitation.
From Pakistan she moved to Afghanistan, where she became known as Umm Mohammed ("mother of Mohammed", the name of one of her sons) and got to know the leaders of al-Qaeda, including Osama bin Laden.
Importing vast amounts of equipment has swamped Iraq's tiny port at Umm Qasr.
"The army always comes before dawn and kicks our doors in," says Umm Saleh, whose husband was arrested two weeks ago.
"There has been enough killing," said Umm Ibrahim.
