ahem

Example Sentences

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And any questions — ahem, mine — about how the barely-battled-tested boogie-down Bruins respond to a significant stress test were answered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

That brings us to our call of the day from Yardeni Research, which has just raised the bar, ahem, on gold’s outlook next year.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

The picture of Russia emerging triumphant and legitimized from such a deal is, ahem, at variance with reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Being of a certain age, I didn’t think much of it and chalked it up to simply growing, ahem, older.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

“Hmph! Probatio tablet: Percy Jackson, Fifth Cohort, son of Neptune. Fine, go. Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto. Fine. Any foreign currency or, ahem, precious metals to declare?”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan