How to Use um in a Sentence

um

interjection

• And then, um — opened the door … and pushed her out the door.
  — Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
• The fun to watch it, um, aspect of it.
  — Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
• The car turned in front of me and um seems to be like flipped over.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• And um, suicide was on my mind like all the time.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• In this case, um, there were no cliffs or hills where her car was found.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 16 July 2024
• My hot take is, um, sticking with the, the lift line.
  — Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2026
• And, um, and, and that, and that just seemed to happen.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 4 May 2026
• So there’s yeah, there’s um, there’s an elephant trail.
  — AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
• But, um, filler words aren’t the villains they’re made out to be.
  — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
• How soon must Bell answer the, um, bell?
  — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 June 2026
• This guy just had found his wife bound, um, and beaten on the back porch.
  — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
• The blog’s comments section was a mixed, um, bag.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
• Pound for pound, the no-see-um, or biting midge, may be the worst of the lot.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2020
• The line changes, um, continue with four in and four out on plays.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2024
• And, um, the sports world serves up stunning upsets.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
• As the shot widens, finish off your video by, um, humping the air.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2020
• But nowadays there's a lot of lines that come off of this ridge line, um, of the venue.
  — Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
• The sourdough bread-making boom has caused yeast and flour sales to, um, rise.
  — Jenni Avins, Quartz, 6 June 2020
• There's been, um, a bit of action at the top of the ticket the last few weeks.
  — Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 29 July 2024
• Let’s make watching the State of the Union, um, fun.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
• The skies—and, um, climate change—don’t care about your loafers, chukkas or sneakers.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2023
• This is not a have-to, this is a want-to, um, this is not a financial have-to.
  — Torie Bosch, STAT, 13 June 2026
• So, um, that playbook was designed by one of the partners in the firm.
  — Rafael Perez, Daily News, 25 May 2026
• That this one has two zones (for reds and whites) is a nice bonus for all my, um, quick turnaround wine.
  — Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
• Just log in and rank the winners from the, um, less winning winners.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
• Still, the technology is no where near ready to — um — take off.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2020
• But everyone did such a great job, so, um, big shout to all the members.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 8 July 2024
• The rain had rendered the dirt tracks we were meant to use … um, unusable.
  — New Atlas, 6 July 2026
• So that's, um, kind of the dark, ominous future people talk about.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• And Benioff has not been afraid to eat his own dog…um, drink his own champagne.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 July 2025