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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aah
Verb
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 Guests oohed and aahed over a light pink Hermès Birkin bag on offer for a cool $24,000 (Goop sells vintage handbags from luxury reseller What Comes Around Goes Around). Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024 Pops was even there when the teenager who was technically his grandson took his official visit to UCLA, oohing and aahing at every Bruins legend adorning the walls. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for aah
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aah
Verb
  • Shane and Ted gritted their teeth and checked their watches as the other passengers oohed and ahhed.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Pictures of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with the murder of Thompson, have also elicited a fair amount of oohing and ahhing on social media over his toned physique and bright smile.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Now the promising start O’Connor has made in his Canucks career has an exclamation mark beside it.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The display changes to an orange exclamation mark if any important features are turned off.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Fans in their team jerseys waved flags, shouted for their countrymen and continued the ritual booing of the opposing national anthem that has become an nightly undercard for a tournament that was the return of NHL stars to the international scene after missing the last two Winter Olympics.
    Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Nolan celebrated by ringing the NASDAQ opening bell as Kaspar, other company executives and members of the board whooped and clapped.
    Robin Fields, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Along with the star guard, the crowd was also glad to see that Asher appeared mostly unscathed, clapping and whooping for the good sport as the game resumed.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In the car, Stone jammed his backpack between his knees, and the two siblings inched down Palisades Drive, the brush along the shoulder a roaring blaze.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Strong tornadoes possible Severe thunderstorms will roar to life south of where the heaviest rain falls Saturday.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025

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“Aah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aah. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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