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- interjection Alternative spelling of
aah . - noun Alternative spelling of
aah . - verb Alternative spelling of
aah .
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Examples
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Heads '"Warning Signs" was equally well-received as the Natives' earnest closer "Airplanes," another "ooh" and "ahh" - laden original that echoed in the head for hours.
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He chugged it all down, swallowed hard, and turned his head and said "ahh" with a raised get-the-idea-brow.
Sax Named Pegasus Paula Ray 2010
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The people on the far bank were smaller now, a good eight or ten meters away: a long "ahh" went up above the roar of the water, and the tree, moving slowly at first, began to slide along toward the sea.
Archive 2008-05-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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Sure he has chrisma-and of course the "ahh" in his speeches.
Campaigning in Kentucky, Clinton hears sermon on infidelity 2008
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The people on the far bank were smaller now, a good eight or ten meters away: a long "ahh" went up above the roar of the water, and the tree, moving slowly at first, began to slide along toward the sea.
A Line Drawn in the Sand Heather McDougal 2008
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I didn't respond very well, as I am shy and I think Hitchens is a jackass and an overrated writer, even when I agree with him, just kind of nodding and "ahh"ing.
An essay about how when you're reading a Kindle in public, people don't see what book you're reading. Ann Althouse 2009
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Better than the endearing "ahh" s and "uhhh" s Mr. Obama injects into his otherwise high oratory when the prompter's not handy, a little political incorrectness humanizes him in a way that lets us be publicly irritated but privately relieved that it's not just our own house or our neighbor's where people occasionally say unintentionally cruel things.
Phil Bronstein: Are Recent Blunders a Needed Release for Over-Inflated Dems? 2009
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The only think that really struck me was that she said "ahh" about every 3rd word.
Here It Is: Hillary's Post-Hostage Crisis Press Conference 2009
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I was putting the stress on the a like "ahh" .. "kaaah-lin" whereas you say it more like "kay-lynn" with the stress on "lynn".
Shop, Cook, Shoot, Eat, Edit, Blog, Publish, Repeat: Kalyn's Kitchen Turns Two Years Old! Kalyn Denny 2007
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Say "ahh": new saliva tests that will catch cancer, gum disease and even exhaustion.
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