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How to use ouch in a sentence

13 example sentences · interjection, noun, verb

Ouch means an expression of one's own physical pain. Example: “Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!”

Examples of ouch by meaning

interjectionAn expression of one's own physical pain.

  • Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!

interjectionAn expression in sympathy at another's pain.

  • Ouch! Her sunburn looks awful.

interjectionA reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).

  • Ouch. How could you say that?

interjectionAn expression of disappointment.

  • Ouch, I really wanted to do that.

interjectionExpressing surprise at the high price of something.

  • Ouch, one hundred thousand dollars for a car! I could never afford that!

nounSomething that causes discomfort or pain.

  • RhuliGel soothes the itches and ouches of summer.1986 June, “RhuliGel Soothes the Itches and Ouches of Summer [advertisement]”, in Myrna Blyth, editor, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume CIII...

More sentences with ouch

  • Ouch! Don't sip your tea quite yet — it's still boiling hot!From the entry boiling hot
  • Ouch, I just hit my funny bone.From the entry funny bone
  • Supporters of behaviorism claim that to be "in pain" is nothing more than the tendency to wince, yelp, scream "ouch!" and so on.From the entry behaviorism
  • “Ouch!” exclaims Adam, expressing humanly emotion for the first time.2007, Ronald Pursel, Fear . . . What Is It Good For?, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 27. From the entry humanly
  • The prison warder brought it—ooching and ouching—flung it in after her, and went away, sucking his stinging fingers.2003, Geraldine McCaughrean, Sophy Williams, “The Thirteenth Child”, in Oxford Treasury of Fairy Tales, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford…. From the entry ooch
  • Ouch, Abernathy thought, SET, targets, white papers, articulate, strategies, deployed.1991, Stephen Baetz, Change Is: a Personal Guide for Organizational Change, page 26. From the entry bizbabble
  • The sun had already warmed the white leather interior to about a thousand degrees, so Savannah ooched and ouched as she slid into the driver's seat.2005 October, Beverly Brandt, chapter 23, in Match Game, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 250. From the entry ooch

Meaning of ouch

  1. interjection An expression of one's own physical pain.
  2. interjection An expression in sympathy at another's pain.
  3. interjection A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).

Full definition of ouch

Questions about ouch in a sentence

How do you use ouch in a sentence?
Ouch is used as an interjection, noun and verb. For example: “Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!”
What is a short sentence with ouch?
“Ouch! Her sunburn looks awful.”
What does ouch mean?
Ouch means an expression of one's own physical pain.

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