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aah

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aah
Verb
Set up a chair and blanket just before sunset, and join the chorus of Portlanders oohing and aahing. Brianna Crane, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024 There was quite a bit of oohing and aahing at the Hotel Thermal in 2023 when the Karlovy Vary film festival opening ceremony started with a curtain being raised and women becoming visible. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024 Afterward, a wide-eyed Alvarez could be seen oohing and aahing on the Astros’ bench. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024 People walked out of theaters stunned, oohing and aahing over the shocking ending. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for aah
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aah
Noun
  • Vance’s Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment Her ooh’s and ahh’s draw Shipp over, gears already turning.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
  • When Yoda did come through the entrance with shelter volunteer Linda Miller, there were cheers and oohs and aahs at the sight of the bundle of energy.
    Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Because real branding isn’t about turning heads at the Met Gala or chasing clicks or shouting the loudest in the room.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The chief example of rudeness here is shouting admonishments at other opera patrons.
    Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Microsoft's example for how this is useful uses the exclamation mark emoji.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 July 2025
  • With a 6-3 ruling Friday restricting the power of judges to issue nationwide blocks on presidential initiatives, the court put an exclamation mark on a term dominated by Trump victories.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The film earned a hugely enthusiastic seven-minute standing ovation and, in perhaps a Cannes first, saw Skarsgard hug a man dressed in a gimp mask as the audience whooped and cheered.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 May 2025
  • But both agree that people were whooping it up during the screening.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh title in the series, is roaring even louder overseas, where its estimated opening is $171.3 million.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 5 July 2025
  • Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investors and businesses' enthusiasm for Hong Kong's equity capital markets is roaring back, as Chinese companies flocked to the city for fundraising, sparking a frenzy in the market that had been forsaken in recent years.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 July 2025

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“Aah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aah. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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