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Examples

  • "Eyah," he remarked reminiscently, "feller does run up against some swift propositions now an 'again.

    The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

  • '"Eyah," sez I, "O'Hara's a divil an' I'm not for denyin 'ut, but is he the only man in the wurruld?

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • They listened intently, the men only occasionally exploding in a "Bismillah!" or "Eyah!", with a hand-clap by way of emphasis, and the woman silent, fondling the kitten and watching me with those thoughtful, almond eyes.

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • Should we just read it, would we once have read it simply as Eyah?

    Wisdom, Justice And Mercy Hal Duncan 2006

  • I came across it first as (the erroneous, it appears) "Eyah (I am) asher (called) Eyah (I am)".

    A Dark And Hidden God Hal Duncan 2006

  • I detect, for instance, more than a few hints of Enki scattered throughout the Torah, even in YHVH's declaration to Moses: Eyah asher eyah.

    Wisdom, Justice And Mercy Hal Duncan 2006

  • Eyah, maybe he took it to heart a little, only a little.

    The Growth of the Soil 2003

  • Turning attention back to her team, she lowered her snow goggles against the fresh glare, then climbed onto the sled's runners and called to the dogs, "Eyah!"

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • Eyah — well, well ...” — so he speaks to himself.

    The Growth of the Soil 2003

  • "Eyah, I see the problem here," he commented in the waning daylight, pointing to a thingie that looked obviously loose.

    Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

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