Interjection
Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.
Phew, that took a long time to cook!
Used to show disgust.
Phew, it stinks in here!
A few stark moments of despair and (phew) hope emerge. Source: Internet
Hey remember early last year when the Large Hadron Collider overloaded and broke down and people were like “phew good thing nothing weird happened like a shift in reality.” Source: Internet
Once you’re safely out of the sun (phew!), guzzling H2O is next up. Source: Internet
I used compressed eating windows and ate around 800 calories a day (perhaps causing metabolic damage?) while burning around 2400 (according to my heart rate monitor & polar loop pairing) and lost that stone in around 2 weeks (phew). Source: Internet
I settled on a party in Manhattan that kept stressing how okay it was to look but not necessarily participate the first night, which, phew. Source: Internet
I've had all 3 books (only paid $2 for each so no investment there - phew) sitting on my bookshelf for quite some years and as I'm cleaning and getting rid of things I was debating if I should give these a go. Source: Internet