How to Use ahem in a Sentence

ahem

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• Icks can be silly and maybe even unfair (ahem, the person turned off by men in scarves).
  — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
• Sommeliers, country club moms, and even a few, ahem, underage drinkers are all abuzz about Chicken Wine.
  — Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2024
• This year's, ahem, prime Prime Day deals run through the end of July 12.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 July 2023
• As such, the shot lingers and lingers (and lingers) on Keoghan and his, ahem, mounting despair.
  — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2023
• About that space: The Banks Fish House also has a problem of, ahem, scale.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
• With a turncoat on the loose among the agents, time is of the essence to root out the loose cannon before they, ahem, fire.
  — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 16 Sep. 2024
• Children need to feel that the parent is on their side (not how many of us were raised, ahem).
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• Across the pond, the data is also pretty, ahem, clear-cut.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 27 July 2024
• Part of me is jealous—not of her collection, which is, ahem, not to my taste.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
• In no time your candles (ahem!) will arrive at your doorstep.
  — Micolette Davis, Chron, 10 June 2021
• Luckily, the flub didn't cost him anything — he and his partner still won the trip to, ahem, Italy.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 22 Mar. 2017
• After all, the species has long been painted as ruthless (ahem, Jaws).
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2021
• This year’s honors go to Gunna, who raps about his haters and, ahem, hobbies with a smooth flow and a killer beat.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• This summer, the 23-year-old actor is, ahem, shifting gears.
  — Brett Berk, HWD, 20 June 2017
• Then, with luck, an Elite Eight, a Final Four, or even, ahem, a championship.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
• In short, there are – ahem – depths to the onscreen pool party, more murky than shimmering.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
• In the softball world, while sometimes overlooked (ahem, the seedings were a slap to the face), the Pac-12 is a powerhouse and the Sun Devils are among the top Pac-12 teams.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2021
• Show off your pride in the West— and, ahem, your good taste— with your favorite vintage Sunset covers.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 2 Mar. 2021
• The jury is still out on some of TikTok's makeup hacks (ahem, lipstick blush) but this gets my vote as one of the best so far.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 25 June 2021
• Trevor (Eric T. Miller) is a, ahem, working stiff in the porn industry.
  — The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
• That is to say, there’s a good chance the post-lockdown office will undo its top button and, ahem, let its hair down.
  — Jamie Waters, WSJ, 21 July 2021
• The 28-year-old Phillies fan read Hoskins’ tweets and, ahem, just happened to linger in the area at the same time frame as her tweets from previous beer giveaways.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
• The weather for Thunder Over Louisville looks to be, ahem, dynamite.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2022
• That’s also what the Tigers are hoping for from, ahem, de facto closer Alex Lange.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
• Watch Danson discuss his, ahem, ballsy acting in the clip above.
  — EW.com, 12 June 2024
• But the message from Dutcher during a timeout was, ahem, to tighten up the defense.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
• Harrison Ford, who of course plays Indy, is, ahem, 80. Not to worry.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2023
• The show is in the CW mode of these adaptations, colorful in the right ways and designed to appeal to a younger audience than, ahem, me.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2022
• The tart filling is layered with flavor by way of the toasted nuts, a homemade caramel sauce and a simple press-in pie crust (ahem, tart crust).
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
• Ostriches, by the way, often have sticky fingers, ahem, beaks.
  — Karen D’souza, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024