Examples
“I can't wait to get to the, hmm, is chartreuse the correct term?”
“Along with Radio4 (hmm, is there a theme emerging here?) it's worth the entirety of the licence fee and then some!”
“If you thought that, instead of “hmm, is it possible I’ve been fed propoganda?”, then you are a victim of propoganda.”
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“SORKIN: It's good and maybe slightly hmm, which is, it's good in that they are doing the kind of things we wanted them to.”
“Hi Melissa, chocolate and bacon? hmm, that is a bit weird ..”
“And their "customer Care" service, hmm, that is nothing more than an oxy moron!”
“The best feature on me is ... hmm, that is unappropriate, so I'll say my eyes, they are bluish green.”
“SMITH: Is there a category called hmm, let me think about this.”
“However, the Israeli response which ends up killing 500 civilians, hmm, that is somehow morally and "unconscionably" wrong.”
“August 13th, 2009 4: 50 pm ET we had war crammed down our throats. and were called unpatriot if we even thought to question the george bush group. the democrats are said to be cramming health care down the throats of americans. hmm which is better WAR – HEALTHCARE AVAILABLE TO ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS. hmmm let me think a minute. hmmmmm”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hmm’.
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sound (quiet)
words for quiet sounds
( randomness, descriptive )sigh, murmur, whisper, whir, rustle, patter, hum, snap, hiss(sss), crackle, bleat, peep and 185 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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unemphasized interjections
technically interjections, but usually not part of any emotive exclamation
okey-doke, ho-hum, welp, big deal, bother, hmm, iunno, mmkay, nah, crumbs, bummer, pfft and 12 more...
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Sounds often heard during a search fo...
um, er, hmm, ah, well, �?��?��?�, erm, uh, um-um-um, ehm, anu, gizmo and 11 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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Filler Words
or, as some Speaking teachers say (I suspect to annoy me), "word whiskers"
um, umm, er, errr, hmm, hmmm, soooooo, yeah, and, like, well, uh and 18 more...
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just saying
yeah, alas, aargh, bah, because, boo, certainly, damn, geez, grrr, hey, lame and 34 more...
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Wtht Vwls.
nth, psst, shh, brr, hmm, umm, cwm, crwth, crypt, gypsy, hymn, lynx and 26 more...
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds.
bam, bamf, bang, boom, snikt, ping, plink, plonk, boing, whoosh, kaboom, crash and 68 more...
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Scripted Apathy
How to sound like you're paying attention when you're really more interested in your plans for the weekend. Bonus points for actually printing this script out and reading it in front of the windbag...
mmhmm, yeah, ok, sure, of course, oh yeah, yep, 'kay, hmm, interesting, perhaps, absolutely and 37 more...
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quiet time
just me
late, better late than ..., an empty space in..., back there, knock knock knocking, but no one is home, just quiet tiimm, quiiieeet tiimmm, me mining, hmm, hmmmmm, waiting for the v... and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hmm.
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