Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pshaw
Interjection
  • The answer is almost certainly no.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Is your iPhone listening to you — no, well not exactly.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Interjection
  • As the spigot closed, inflation spiked (gee, maybe there’s a connection?) and the economy slowed, the state budget went from a whopping surplus to stubborn deficits.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
  • At his best, Corenswet is exactly the gosh golly gee wiz American Superman of old, determined to protect innocents and save lives.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Interjection
  • That was a, hey, there’s a Hall of Fame player in this clubhouse.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But hey, that’s football, and that’s the NFL; a game of inches and a league founded on clutch.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Interjection
  • Why, oh why, do the Rangers keep throwing away almost certain victories in the final minutes of playoff games?
    FILIP BONDY, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2017
Interjection
  • Depends on location — Phoenix’s school is ZAY-vier, while Tucson’s San Xavier del Bac Mission is San hah-VEE-air.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Rodriguez caught Valkyria on the top rope and finished her off wit ha Tejada Bomb.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Pshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pshaw. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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