How to Use ahem in a Sentence
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This year's, ahem, prime Prime Day deals run through the end of July 12.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 July 2023
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As such, the shot lingers and lingers (and lingers) on Keoghan and his, ahem, mounting despair.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2023
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About that space: The Banks Fish House also has a problem of, ahem, scale.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
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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
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Part of me is jealous—not of her collection, which is, ahem, not to my taste.
—Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
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In no time your candles (ahem!) will arrive at your doorstep.
—Micolette Davis, Chron, 10 June 2021
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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
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After all, the species has long been painted as ruthless (ahem, Jaws).
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2021
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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
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This summer, the 23-year-old actor is, ahem, shifting gears.
—Brett Berk, HWD, 20 June 2017
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Then, with luck, an Elite Eight, a Final Four, or even, ahem, a championship.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
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In short, there are – ahem – depths to the onscreen pool party, more murky than shimmering.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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Trevor (Eric T. Miller) is a, ahem, working stiff in the porn industry.
—The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
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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
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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
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The weather for Thunder Over Louisville looks to be, ahem, dynamite.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2022
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That’s also what the Tigers are hoping for from, ahem, de facto closer Alex Lange.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
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Watch Danson discuss his, ahem, ballsy acting in the clip above.
—EW.com, 12 June 2024
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But the message from Dutcher during a timeout was, ahem, to tighten up the defense.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
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Harrison Ford, who of course plays Indy, is, ahem, 80. Not to worry.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2023
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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
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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
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Ostriches, by the way, often have sticky fingers, ahem, beaks.
—Karen D’souza, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017
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Tom, a single man, lives a hand-to-mouth existence in New York with a male roommate who is, ahem, a window dresser.
—Mark Harris, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
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But, unlike a governor say, ahem, in Texas, Newsom didn’t advocate for more oil drilling to bring down the pump price.
—Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2022
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People like, ahem, me, who thought the tight labor market would vanish by September, turned out to be wrong.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2021
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Curate Your Collection Guilty of rescuing more than one (ahem, dozens) of plants from the nursery?
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
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