Used in a Sentence

whoa

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for whoa.

Editorial note

Everyone at the city, county level, even attorneys that should have understood reacted with "whoa, wait a minute" at each stage.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whoa gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whoa.

verb

(transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

Example sentences

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Everyone at the city, county level, even attorneys that should have understood reacted with "whoa, wait a minute" at each stage.

2

"Typically, oceanic anoxic events lasted for less than half a million years, before a full recovery." Whoa.

3

Whoa, my eyes are bleeding, but surfing just got 10x faster.

4

Whoa, never thought of that, but blackhats certainly will.

5

> On the other hand if you get raped by a stranger it is also most likely a muslim Whoa.

6

Whoa, did not know that such services exist.

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Whoa: > In the split second it took for the rod to travel the remaining 8.3cm, the reactor spiked to 20 GW, 6300 times its safe operating capacity.

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But I have a few songs in my library that, despite 256kbps bitrate, have half-second encoding artefacts (i.e., maybe six seconds in some 80+ hours collection) that always made me go "whoa, why does my speaker sound funny?

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And I would gently suggest, and I'm not trying to rip on you in saying this, that it would be worth introspecting to determine whether Ruby's perceived inconsistencies were more on your preconceptions than on the language--because I felt the same way until I internalized it a little bit and went "whoa, that makes total sense, I was just looking at it backwards".

Quote examples

1

Everyone at the city, county level, even attorneys that should have understood reacted with "whoa, wait a minute" at each stage.

2

"Typically, oceanic anoxic events lasted for less than half a million years, before a full recovery." Whoa.

3

But I have a few songs in my library that, despite 256kbps bitrate, have half-second encoding artefacts (i.e., maybe six seconds in some 80+ hours collection) that always made me go "whoa, why does my speaker sound funny?

4

And I would gently suggest, and I'm not trying to rip on you in saying this, that it would be worth introspecting to determine whether Ruby's perceived inconsistencies were more on your preconceptions than on the language--because I felt the same way until I internalized it a little bit and went "whoa, that makes total sense, I was just looking at it backwards".

Proper noun examples

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Whoa, my eyes are bleeding, but surfing just got 10x faster.

2

Whoa, never thought of that, but blackhats certainly will.

3

> On the other hand if you get raped by a stranger it is also most likely a muslim Whoa.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use whoa in a sentence?

Everyone at the city, county level, even attorneys that should have understood reacted with "whoa, wait a minute" at each stage.

What does whoa mean?

(transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

What part of speech is whoa?

whoa is commonly used as verb.