Examples of ugh in a Sentence
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Save Getting a Pap smear isn’t among my favorite things to do, ranking somewhere between eating cauliflower (ugh) and going to the dentist (worse).
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Gemma Correll, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
The only time my Fourth of July celebrations have been kind of ugh is when I’ve been forced to share the day with people who don’t embrace my Independence Day aesthetic.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
Instead, as Girlie (ugh) and Clark settle into their ride — much of it set to a bracingly overdramatic score from Dickon Hinchcliffe, all of it impressively designed to fit inside Clark’s beat up cab — the two start to test each other.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
The second season sees our brilliant band dealing with money troubles (ugh, capitalism), a rival Muslim girl group and rom-com shenanigans in the most charming, delectable way possible.
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—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
This week, climate change brought the nation a heat dome and, who knows, is probably responsible for salmonella cucumbers, the corpse flower and, ugh, this.
—Holly J. Morris, NPR, 7 June 2024
The first day of the session usually comes with dustups and news conferences and a lot of virtue signaling — which, again, no sane person would breathlessly follow, because ugh.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
Drinking gallons of distasteful solution, adhering to a clear liquid diet, making frequent visits to the bathroom with bouts of diarrhea — ugh.
—Michel A. Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2024
Self-reliance was encouraged, but not introspection (navel-gazing, ugh).
—Sigrid Nunez, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Gemma Correll, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
The only time my Fourth of July celebrations have been kind of ugh is when I’ve been forced to share the day with people who don’t embrace my Independence Day aesthetic.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
Instead, as Girlie (ugh) and Clark settle into their ride — much of it set to a bracingly overdramatic score from Dickon Hinchcliffe, all of it impressively designed to fit inside Clark’s beat up cab — the two start to test each other.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
The second season sees our brilliant band dealing with money troubles (ugh, capitalism), a rival Muslim girl group and rom-com shenanigans in the most charming, delectable way possible.
2.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
This week, climate change brought the nation a heat dome and, who knows, is probably responsible for salmonella cucumbers, the corpse flower and, ugh, this.
—Holly J. Morris, NPR, 7 June 2024
The first day of the session usually comes with dustups and news conferences and a lot of virtue signaling — which, again, no sane person would breathlessly follow, because ugh.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
Drinking gallons of distasteful solution, adhering to a clear liquid diet, making frequent visits to the bathroom with bouts of diarrhea — ugh.
—Michel A. Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2024
Self-reliance was encouraged, but not introspection (navel-gazing, ugh).
—Sigrid Nunez, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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“Ugh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ugh. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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