ahem

Example Sentences

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After I pointed out that, ahem, bolognese is meat, she directed me to Instagram dietitians for advice about protein intake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Another Swiss star, Alexis Monney, will head to the Games as Stelvio's most recent World Cup downhill winner – could he, ahem, cash in on gold ahead of his team-mates?

From BBC • Feb. 2, 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

That may inform NBC's decision to edit Elon Musk’s hand gesture out of its live feed even though everyone who saw it understood it to mean something, ahem, we couldn't not see.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025

Now he pauses outside the bathroom door, clears his throat, a stagy ahem.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood