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Ow

//ĖˆaŹŠ//

"Ow" in a Sentence (13 examples)

Ow! Yukiko! That hurts! Quit hitting me with your fists!

Ow, the coffee is very hot!

Ow, ow! I bit my tongue!

"Your Majesty, here I come ā€” uh-oh, ah!" "Ow! You shitface! You crashed into me!" "Has your face been harmed? I'm sorry." "No shit, Sherlock! Look at my face." "Your face looks fine to me." "It hurts." "Whatever." "Fix my face." "..." "Fix it!" "Whatever."

Ow! This coffee is hot!

Ow! Stop it!

German place names ending in -ow tend to be of Slavic origin.

Ow, ow, ow! Don't bite my ear!

Ow! An apple fell on my bonce.

Ow! An apple fell on my head.

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Now don't you wait or hesitate / Let's move before they raise the parking rate, ow!

Then you ran into the bedroom / You were struck down / It was your doom, Annie / Ow!

Improvising a stretcher from a cupboard door, they levered Mrs Dibble on to it and got her upstairs to "Hoos!" and "Ows!" of anguish, and laid her on the bed, where Rita administered another stiff dose of gin.

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