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Recent Examples of aah
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
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
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Verb
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aah
Verb
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The studio audience oohed, whooped and laughed, and the show went on.—
Alex Travelli,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Back at the Chengdu panda base, Hua Hua, the 4-year-old celebrity panda, enjoyed her breakfast of bamboo shoots while the crowd oohed and aahed at her every move.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2025
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The whole movie is in Spanish — Ferrell’s inability to speak Spanish actually does get funnier as the movie goes along — and it’s shot like an old Mexican melodrama, with extreme close-ups and exclamations to the camera.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The new inmates were then forced to kneel while prison guards shaved their hair and shouted commands.—
Michael Rios,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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Meghan talked about struggling with toxic press coverage while Harry described how his older brother, Prince William, shouted at him.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Pregnant women are given boosters for Tdap at around 27 to 36 weeks to protect their babies from whooping cough until the infants can get their own shot at two months.—
Melissa Dahl,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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The reason whooping cough can bring on such a gnarly, well, cough in the first place is because of how B. pertussis wreaks havoc: These bugs latch on to the cilia (a.k.a. tiny hairlike protrusions) on cells in your respiratory tract and ooze toxins, triggering inflammation and swelling.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The crowd roared as Thomas moved to 11-under on the day.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Mar. 2025
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Investigators say an unidentified person, struggling in the high winds to light a fire for s’mores in a back yard at 9:30 a.m. Saturday used pieces of cardboard, only to see the fire roar to life and overtake the entire yard.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Aah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aah. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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