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  • I brought it home and showed it proudly to my family...sum total of feedback here was that the two males of the household went "Umph" or words to that effect, and my daughter informed me that the purple was too dark in places......

    Colour challenge. Spinningfishwife 2007

  • I brought it home and showed it proudly to my family...sum total of feedback here was that the two males of the household went "Umph" or words to that effect, and my daughter informed me that the purple was too dark in places......

    Archive 2007-09-01 Spinningfishwife 2007

  • "Umph," he said, lurching forward, almost falling on his face, but catching himself at the last moment, then reaching down to his feet again and hoisting up a dirt-encrusted rock shaped like a too-large sweet potato.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • "Umph," he agreed, gazing intently at the young women.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • "Umph," he agreed, gazing intently at the young women.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • "Umph," Humfrey agreed, trying not to seem mollified.

    The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979

  • "Umph," grunted the old woman, incredulously, "what's de use of saying dat's a Q, when you jest said not a minute ago 'twas O?"

    The Garies and Their Friends Frank J. Webb

  • "Umph," said the ostrich as he surveyed his victim, "because a man looks sad at the opening of a jack-pot, it doesn't necessarily follow that he's only got ace-high."

    Fables For The Times H. W. Phillips

  • "Umph," she said, "a dirty piece of canvas, at about twenty dollars a square inch!"

    The Iron Woman Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

  • "Umph," said the master, with a look of doubt on his face.

    The Hoosier School-boy Edward Eggleston 1869

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