How to Use aah in a Sentence
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That’s when the oohing and aahing quickly turns to panic and pleading.
—Cary Darling, kansascity.com, 16 June 2017
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That's when the oohing-and-aahing quickly turns to panic and pleading.
—Cary Darling, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
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That’s when the oohing-and-aahing quickly turns to panic and pleading.
—Cary Darling, idahostatesman, 15 June 2017
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The crowd gathered to watch, oohing and aahing at the glowing barrel as it was lifted up.
—Hadley Green, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
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People walked out of theaters stunned, oohing and aahing over the shocking ending.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Everyone oohed and aahed and cleared the way for them as if in the presence of true royalty.
—Kate Storey, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2018
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Houston hosted the world weight lifting championships last year. The sport’s greatest athletes, many Olympians among them, hoisted staggering amounts of weight above their heads, and the fans there oohed and aahed.
—Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 19 May 2016
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Afterward, a wide-eyed Alvarez could be seen oohing and aahing on the Astros’ bench.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
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Pat Schroeder and some of her friends were oohing and aahing over this guy — and at his prospects in national politics.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
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Luckily, the sky cleared just in time for totality with those in attendance oohing and aahing at the rare sight.
—Ajc Homepage, ajc, 21 Aug. 2017
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So many of us remember sitting somewhere on a blanket oohing and aahing over awesome light shows bursting overhead.
—Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 28 June 2023
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Any guests will ooh and aah over their striking color and sophisticated stoneware construction.
—Grace Smith, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
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Competitors trotted down a green carpet while spectators oohed and aahed and the judges jotted notes onto their score sheets.
—Travis Deshong, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2019
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On May 30, the pop singer shared pictures of her nails in an Instagram carousel for her millions of fans to ooh and aah over.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 31 May 2022
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Our interns audibly oohed and aahed as the show began, helping explain the perfect rating.
—Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026
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Fireworks will be launched from four spots across Albuquerque so that people can ooh and aah from home instead of gathering in a single place.
—John Seewer, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2020
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Parents oohed and aahed as Jody Worth, the upper school director, ushered them through the campus.
—Emmanuel Felton, NBC News, 17 June 2018
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Inside, oblivious tourists from across Japan oohed and aahed as dolphins performed tricks for fish to cheesy rock music, and children lined up to stroke them.
—Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
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On Thursday, families waiting for flights oohed and aahed at the vast marble floors and glass walls and took selfies in a landscaped picnic park.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2018
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The pristine pantry in her Los Angeles home made headlines earlier this year as fans oohed and aahed over the custom set-up.
—Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 8 June 2017
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By the time the World Series rolled around, no one was talking about his off-field issue, but many were oohing and aahing over his 103 mph fastball.
—Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
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Even Eichorn, who should be entirely too jaded by now to fully appreciate the aerial antics of a tarpon, would ooh and aah with each leap.
—Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 17 Aug. 2017
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Partygoers oohed, aahed and hash-tagged away — as the iPhone generation does — until the dinner bell sounded.
—Amber Elliot, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2019
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That said, Jassi seems down for the tag team, and oohed and aahed appropriately at the reveal that — drumroll, please — Gizelle is dating.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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Later, as another dancer in a leather bustier and thigh-high boots landed on the floor in a split, a number of women oohed and aahed, and made their way to the seats surrounding the stage to throw bills her way.
—New York Times, 24 July 2019
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Hundreds of families slowly passed through Bentleyville on Saturday, sticking their heads out their car windows to ooh and aah at the dazzling displays.
—Katie Galioto, Star Tribune, 22 Nov. 2020
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Fireworks will be launched from four spots across Albuquerque, New Mexico, so that people can ooh and aah from home instead of gathering in a single place.
—John Seewer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2020
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With each new photo shoot and red carpet event, the actor delivers breathtaking moments that will oftentimes go viral on the internet, causing folks to ooh and aah at her outfits, hair, and makeup.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Sep. 2021
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Ben is constantly singing her praises, and just that morning, when the guests oohed and aahed at the breakfast spread, Ellie’s enemy Daisy made sure to give Ellie credit.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
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But audiences in those days oohed and aahed at the sight of the latest in modern machinery — trains, in particular — on theater stages, and at spectacles run with an efficiency worthy of a brave new age of industry.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2017
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