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How to use whoops in a sentence

11 example sentences · interjection, verb

Whoops means oops. Example: “The crowds of geeks, tech writers and Apple observers received it with love, whoops and fandemonium.”

More sentences with whoops

  • The crowds of geeks, tech writers and Apple observers received it with love, whoops and fandemonium.2013, Anders Sorman-Nilsson, Digilogue: How to Win the Digital Minds and Analogue Hearts of Tomorrow's Customer, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry fandemonium
  • So if it was help Michael wanted, well, whoops, he was fresh out of luck.2003, James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland, page 208. From the entry fresh out of
  • It is also an attempt to mix "whoops!-there-go-my-trousers" farce with the slick kitsch pop-art comedy.1995 December 29, Chris Wright, “Four Rooms [TV review]”, in The Boston Phoenix, Boston, Mass.: Boston Phoenix, →OCLC, section 3, page 19. From the entry whoops, there go my trousers
  • It's still there."” (whoops) “Yeah.” “And I'm madglad.2019 October 13, Rich Blomquist, “Jenny Unfiltered” (12:13 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Jenny Hart…. From the entry sad-cited
  • The “98 MPH” sign used to be on a set of particularly vicious whoops at one of John's favorite racetracks.2009, Lee Klancher, Kevin Cameron, Motorcycle Dream Garages, page 184. From the entry whoop
  • Just as it disappears, whoops, here comes another one.2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “The Office Politic: Escape from the Job Monster”, in David Zinczenko, editor, Men’s Health, volume 22…. From the entry whack-a-mole
  • Whoops, Michal, I wasn't the one asking the question.1993 March 11, Fawn Fitter, “US! (me & my s.o. just got engaged)”, in soc.couples (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025. From the entry two Abe Lincolns
  • The boom-boom bass out in the truck bay wasn't quite loud enough to drown out the whoops and the hollers of the ladies.2015, Kate Meader, Flirting with Fire, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry boom-boom
  • Things seemed all peachy-keen when he subsequently tested negative for three straight days on July 26, 27, 28, and 29 before, whoops, testing positive again today on July 30.2022 July 31, Bruce Y. Lee, “Biden Covid-19 Positive Again, Is Paxlovid Rebound More Common Than Claimed?”, in Forbes. From the entry peachy keen
  • The five-piece band drew appreciative whoops despite a lackluster performance made up mostly of blandiose romantic ballads in the tradition of such denizens of the pop dustbin as Firefall.1989 September 9, Marty Hughley, “Judds give stellar performance”, in The Oregonian. From the entry blandiose
  • A shuffling from the pit is drowned by the tumult of the top gallery, where the crowd whoops and whistles and stamps like a cloudful of angels on a spree.2014, John Dickson Carr, Most Secret. From the entry cloudful

Meaning of whoops

  1. interjection Oops.
  2. verb To vomit.

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Questions about whoops in a sentence

How do you use whoops in a sentence?
Whoops is used as an interjection and verb. For example: “The crowds of geeks, tech writers and Apple observers received it with love, whoops and fandemonium.”
What is a short sentence with whoops?
“It's still there."” (whoops) “Yeah.” “And I'm madglad.”
What does whoops mean?
Whoops means oops.

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