Explore Whoa through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Whoa meaning
- Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
- An expression of surprise.
- Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.
Using Whoa
- The main meaning on this page is: Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. | An expression of surprise. | Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.
- In the example corpus, whoa often appears in combinations such as: whoa whoa, like whoa, whoa if.
Context around Whoa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 13.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 3 questions, 5 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whoa
- In this selection, "whoa" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 13.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, saying, reeves, rotating, player, holy and hang stand out and add context to how "whoa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include whoa whoa whoa and saying whoa whoa whoa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whoa" sits close to words such as aapl, abattoir and adjei, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whoa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Whoa we are the same! (5 words)
Whoa, it’s fucked up. (5 words)
And I’m saying, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. (7 words)
The first time he saw himself dressed as a drag king, he said to himself, "'Whoa, holy crap, this might be the thing that's missing,'" he remembered. (28 words)
Whoa Whoa Whoa……where’s all the talk about the shoo-in owner group consisting of Puffy and Kapernick? (19 words)
Reeves’ whoa from this movie is one of the most deranged things I have ever heard in my life. (19 words)
Whoa Whoa Whoa……where’s all the talk about the shoo-in owner group consisting of Puffy and Kapernick? (19 words)
I was so confused—like, whoa, how did I even get into this situation? (14 words)
Whoa- Do you want to get tight on the ribbon pull? (11 words)
Whoa can't believe the NFL approved this new QB-specific helmet! (12 words)
Whoa we are the same! (5 words)
Yes, this woman's shirt looks funny bunched up over her pregnant belly, but cackling, "Whoa! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
And I’m saying, “Whoa, whoa, whoa.
There’s just nobody saying, “Whoa whoa whoa.
Whoa Whoa Whoa……where’s all the talk about the shoo-in owner group consisting of Puffy and Kapernick?
The site also features a rotating “whoa” player, which includes the audio and video of every Reeves whoa.
I was so confused—like, whoa, how did I even get into this situation?
The first time he saw himself dressed as a drag king, he said to himself, "'Whoa, holy crap, this might be the thing that's missing,'" he remembered.
The phrase “whoa, if true” for a situation like this.
The prince adds: 'Whoa, hang on a second.
Whoa can't believe the NFL approved this new QB-specific helmet!
Whoa we are the same!
Yes, this woman's shirt looks funny bunched up over her pregnant belly, but cackling, "Whoa!
I started traveling with that in mind and I realized, Whoa, this is more complicated than I realized.
It was like 'Whoa, we're doing something right here," Josh McSwain shares.
Pricing begins at $75,000, but options on my test car brought it up to—whoa!
Reeves’ whoa from this movie is one of the most deranged things I have ever heard in my life.
Whoa- Do you want to get tight on the ribbon pull?
Whoa, it’s fucked up.
Calipers are black Corvette branded and whoa this baby down in a hurry.
He starts with his arms crossed, cynical and skeptical, and then he leans in (“Whoa”).
I remember the first search engine, the option of using multiple tabs…whoa!
Common combinations with whoa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- whoa whoa 12×
- like whoa 6×
- whoa if 4×
- saying whoa 3×
- reeves whoa 2×
- whoa this 2×
- whoa from 2×
- whoa it 2×
- whoa nelly 2×