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Example Sentences
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The snappy translation is deftly tailored to the music of the opera’s many famous earworm arias: Manon’s gavotte, “Profitons bien de la jeunesse,” becomes “Let me sparkle brightly while I may”; the Chevalier’s despairing “Ah! fuyez, douce image” is “Go away, dreams of love.”
“When you called, Mr. Skidmore, it became apparent to me that information had been released that was, ah, inappropriate.”
From Literature
“Ah, jeez,” he whispered, leaning against the bathroom sink.
From Literature
Ah, but everything has changed, the formerly overpaid disappointment having transformed himself into arguably the most important player on baseball’s most important team.
From Los Angeles Times
Cris recalled the moment Dave proposed: "He looked up and said: "I don't want anyone else to have you" and I thought 'ah, sold'."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
