um

or umm

[ uhm, uhn, uhm, uhn ]
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interjection
  1. (used as an expression of doubt, hesitation, deliberation, interest, etc.)

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How to use um in a sentence

  • "um, that's better," admitted Grace, while the girls craned their necks for a better view of the horseman.

  • Kano's transient flowers were grown, for the most part in pots, and these his daughter um-ko loved to tend.

    The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • um-ko and her father were well known at the temple, and worshipped often before its golden altars.

    The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • She peered at first into um's room for there, indeed, lay the core of old Mata's heart.

    The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • Kano heard a man's deep tones, Mata's thin voice answering an enquiry, and then the soft murmur of um's words.

    The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa

British Dictionary definitions for um (1 of 2)

um1

/ (ʌm, əm) /


interjection
  1. a representation of a common sound made when hesitating in speech

British Dictionary definitions for um (2 of 2)

um2

the internet domain name for
  1. US Minor Outlying Islands

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