How to Use ahem in a Sentence

ahem

interjection

• But which cast is going to pull off the most—ahem—super press style?
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 July 2025
• Do things load quickly and without a lot of, ahem, buffering?
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
• Children need to feel that the parent is on their side (not how many of us were raised, ahem).
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• No showrunner has been locked in yet, with a deal being, ahem, hammered out.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
• Part of me is jealous—not of her collection, which is, ahem, not to my taste.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
• Icks can be silly and maybe even unfair (ahem, the person turned off by men in scarves).
  — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
• If adult tummy time isn’t your thing (ahem), there are other ways to fix your posture.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 25 May 2025
• As such, the shot lingers and lingers (and lingers) on Keoghan and his, ahem, mounting despair.
  — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2023
• The ones with a certain shape and a rather, ahem, colorful nickname?
  — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
• Some of us, ahem, have already blown through the resolution part.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2025
• After all, the species has long been painted as ruthless (ahem, Jaws).
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2021
• In short, there are – ahem – depths to the onscreen pool party, more murky than shimmering.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
• Ostriches, by the way, often have sticky fingers, ahem, beaks.
  — Karen D’souza, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• With a turncoat on the loose among the agents, time is of the essence to root out the loose cannon before they, ahem, fire.
  — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 16 Sep. 2024
• So what’s the deal with The Weeknd (ahem, Abel) and what’s the future like for the singer?
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
• Watch Danson discuss his, ahem, ballsy acting in the clip above.
  — EW.com, 12 June 2024
• That is to say, there’s a good chance the post-lockdown office will undo its top button and, ahem, let its hair down.
  — Jamie Waters, WSJ, 21 July 2021
• This year's, ahem, prime Prime Day deals run through the end of July 12.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 July 2023
• Three date ideas May that are guaranteed to impress, even the most jaded of daters (ahem, me).
  — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• This year’s honors go to Gunna, who raps about his haters and, ahem, hobbies with a smooth flow and a killer beat.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• Charlotte Carroll got to the, ahem, core of why football’s biggest men love the workout.
  — Chris Branch, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
• Show off your pride in the West— and, ahem, your good taste— with your favorite vintage Sunset covers.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 2 Mar. 2021
• That’s also what the Tigers are hoping for from, ahem, de facto closer Alex Lange.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
• The weather for Thunder Over Louisville looks to be, ahem, dynamite.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2022
• Then, with luck, an Elite Eight, a Final Four, or even, ahem, a championship.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
• The jury is still out on some of TikTok's makeup hacks (ahem, lipstick blush) but this gets my vote as one of the best so far.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 25 June 2021
• Gael Cameron and Nathan Gallagher are getting ready for the next charter — ahem, chapter — in their lives.
  — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 1 May 2025
• There’s enough game-day drama for the sports lovers, swoony moments for the non-fans and (ahem) multiple types of scoring to keep you hooked from start to finish.
  — Ellie K. Wilde, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
• Hosting a motley crew this Christmas, where half the party is Cali sober and the other half is more, ahem, old fashioned?
  — Mary-Frances Heck, Outside Online, 26 Nov. 2024
• The show is in the CW mode of these adaptations, colorful in the right ways and designed to appeal to a younger audience than, ahem, me.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2022