How to Use oh in a Sentence

  • Sure, the rest of the dishes are great, but, oh my, the sweets!
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Uh-oh Even the easy plays aren’t easy right now for Fields and the Bears.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But on fourth down — oh, fourth down! — the chains come out.
    oregonlive, 18 July 2022
  • And oh, by the way: The team won the 2021 Coastal Plain League championship.
    New York Times, 31 May 2022
  • But oh, how few are the major works that breathe them back to life.
    Donna Rifkind, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • And, oh, by the way, there are no opt-outs in the entirety of the contract.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Now things are more like the olden days of, oh, 2019 in the Harambe Theater.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2022
  • At birth, the joey is oh so tiny — about the size of a human thumbnail.
    Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Those big mounds of mulch, all over the yard, will stifle the roots and make life oh so hard.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Apr. 2022
  • But the sleeper hit of the season, the oh-so-warm shearling coat.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But oh, what to wear to the first time the French House has ever shown stateside?
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 May 2022
  • The amazing thing, the women who cast this show, oh, my God.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2022
  • And even though this tedious task can be a headache, oh, the rewards!
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And then […] oh my god, what the hell did that just blossom into?
    Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But oh, how small those troubles seem in the rearview mirror.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But this group is about oh so much more than just showing up.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • So when creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy left things… oh, who cares.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022
  • But, uh-oh, the boss isn’t pleased with our performance.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
  • And oh, by the way, children have a right to have parents engaged in their lives.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • But, for the past, oh, four decades or so, fuel pumps have been electric.
    Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • And oh yeah, there’s the call that Ghost got to guest appear on one of the year’s biggest blockbuster LPs.
    Shaheem Reid, Billboard, 21 July 2022
  • And oh, how the tables have turned, and ahhh, so much happens in this scene.
    Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But Capps came oh-so close — losing by 0.02 of a second.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But oh my gosh what a different world that would have been.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Go like, oh, that guy just slammed so hard.
    Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Or head to Blue Hills Reservation for deep woods hiking oh-so-close to the city.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • So why oh why did Catherine O‘Hara leave this wonderland?
    Lynn Hirschberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Our divine James Wilkie, Loretta and Tabitha, oh God.
    Tabitha Britt, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • To universities here and abroad, to cultural officials here and abroad… oh, the list goes on.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The Hurricanes came oh-so-close to their sixth national championship and first in 24 years.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026

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