How to Use duh in a Sentence

  • One of the requirements was that the couple had to be fans of Adele (which, duh).
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2021
  • To anybody in the field, the response to the paper’s finding is: Well, duh.
    WIRED, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The person who played the best game among all the jurors is myself, duh!
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Love then latches onto the idea of pinning the whole thing on Matthew, which, duh!
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • No guac, no dressing, and brown rice instead of white, duh.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 June 2021
  • Who’s your player to watch this year? Patrick Mahomes, duh!
    Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The leg press is all about your legs (duh), so all the big muscles in your lower body are involved.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The word, duh is one of the most common articles in the English language.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
  • Property Brothers turned out to be a hit (duh) and has since aired in 150 countries.
    Madison Flager, House Beautiful, 12 Jan. 2023
  • They are told what kinds of posts do best (selfies do really well, duh).
    Jo Piazza, Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2021
  • NASA (duh) is also a great resource for all things solar eclipse.
    Sebastian Modak, CNT, 31 July 2017
  • In the movie every nation wants to harness the AI’s power, because duh.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
  • But the show is now called Kenan & Kelly, because, duh, Palmer needed a part.
    Vulture, 4 Dec. 2022
  • And, for some, the payoff may seem less revelation than: duh!
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Those same Pats were, duh, participants in that very game.
    Mark Bradley, ajc, 12 June 2017
  • Oprah Winfrey also made the list (duh) with a reported net worth of $2.5B and climbing.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 7 June 2023
  • The house is haunted (well, duh), and Gabbie and her son are made prisoners inside it.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
  • Elle shows up to the courtroom, dressed in all pink (duh) and representing Ali Larter with Luke Wilson’s help.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Because Catherine would rather have an alliance with Spain than France, duh.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Hazel opens the envelope to find — yes, duh — divorce papers.
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Philip says that any honest parent would and admits quite quickly that Anne is his (no duh).
    Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • First, as a rule, glasses without stems are used for drinks that contain ice, broadly the case for the rocks (duh) and highball glasses.
    M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Their purpose seems obvious — to quench thirst, duh — but stage actors get dry mouths, and no Hamlet puts down his sword to pick up an Evian.
    New York Times, 9 July 2022
  • After his common-sense approach to a task, Lame extends his arms with his palms facing upward, as if to say duh.
    Faith Karimi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Another iconic Mean Girls pick, channel your inner mouse (duh) and simply add a pair of mouse ears and a tail to a black mini dress.
    Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
  • First, Kyler Murray is a very effective runner (duh!), too.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Sandy is starting to have doubts about committing random murder – duh – and wants out but can’t come up with an exit plan.
    Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Sandy is starting to have doubts about committing random murder — duh — and wants out but can’t come up with an exit plan.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2020
  • For one, Leos—especially Leo celebrities—have a flair for theatrics (duh).
    Glamour, 26 July 2021
  • The show focuses on lower-ranking officers who work in, duh, the lower decks, keeping the ship running while the bridge crew does all the heroics.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020

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