phew

Example Sentences

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In an update to her social media on Friday, she said had completed chemotherapy: "Seems I'm not dead... So, phew, big relief."

From BBC

“Phew. There are a lot of pictures in your books, including one of a polar bear. It scares me to consider what might have gone missing.”

From Literature

Before I could unwind myself from the gate post, Daisy turned loose of my arm, stepped back, and said, “Phew! What’s that I smell?”

From Literature

“Phew!” he said, wrinkling his nose.

From Literature

At the end of a crisis, there is a cowardly tendency to sit back and say 'phew'.

From BBC