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Recent Examples of aah
Noun
Boil peas, dress with an herbal vinaigrette, and ooh and aah over all the flavor.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
7 May 2026 During meteor showers, Earthlings ooh and aah over bits of rock that have broken off comets or asteroids as the travel around the sun.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026
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 See All Example Sentences for aah
One day while sitting on the porch, Sarah appeared out of nowhere, running towards them, shouting for them.
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Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
3 July 2026
The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
Oyarzabal then provided the final margin in the final minutes to add an exclamation mark to the victory.
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Ashley Mowreader,
NBC news,
3 July 2026
The franchise passed the $1 billion mark at the global box office last week, putting an exclamation mark on the sequel’s surprisingly strong theatrical run.
The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
Hundreds of spectators gathered along Ocean Boulevard dressed in rainbow tutus, dresses and shirts, whooping and waving as the Long Beach Pride parade rolled past Sunday morning.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
San Francisco serves as a prime example of how the roaring AI industry is helping drive economic growth more broadly, but masking the economic inequality of lower-and-middle-income families.
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Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
7 July 2026
Hale pointed toward the sky and urged them to look up as three military jets roared above the crowd.