—used to express mild disappointment, gentle entreaty, or real or mock sympathy or sentiment
1
actual weight
2
aircraft warning
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articles of war
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automatic weapon
Examples of aw in a Sentence
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
From 10 years ago to now, aw man, Drai’s is a big reason.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
In the first version of the film, Barbie was kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough and only returns to save it once she’s figured out that perfect is being yourself (aw!).
—Vulture, 10 June 2023
That’s what’s got everybody’s eyes rolling, her aw shucks/ohmygod!
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
Enforcement won’t begin until at least 30 days after aw becomes official.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
Pearl was found alone in a field next to another pig who had passed aw ...
—Morgan Sung, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
And national sports channels like ESPN aw weighing their own streaming futures.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2022
Cannabis edibles became legal in Canada in October 2019 (aw, remember 2019?).
—Leah Rumack, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2020
Interjection
Those two characters served as the yin and yang for the early MCU — Stark the brash, rakish genius; Cap the stalwart, aw shucks warrior — that became the franchise’s gravitational center.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
From 10 years ago to now, aw man, Drai’s is a big reason.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
In the first version of the film, Barbie was kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough and only returns to save it once she’s figured out that perfect is being yourself (aw!).
—Vulture, 10 June 2023
That’s what’s got everybody’s eyes rolling, her aw shucks/ohmygod!
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
Enforcement won’t begin until at least 30 days after aw becomes official.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
Pearl was found alone in a field next to another pig who had passed aw ...
—Morgan Sung, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
And national sports channels like ESPN aw weighing their own streaming futures.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2022
Cannabis edibles became legal in Canada in October 2019 (aw, remember 2019?).
—Leah Rumack, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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“Aw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aw. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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interjection
—used to express mild sympathy, pleading, disbelief, or disappointment
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