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Recent Examples of aah
Noun
Online, fans are thrilled to share their luck-of-the-draw so far, and ooh and aah over the rare pulls that some Trader Joe’s buyers have scored—like the elusive Peanut Bag.—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025 Guests will ooh and aah over this gorgeous DIY autumn porch decor.—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
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
Do people still shout that word as an exclamation of triumph?
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
That wide-eyed exclamation has been Reeves’s official trademark ever since, and its eternal adolescent naïveté has kept him from being properly judged on the merits of his work.
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