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Example Sentences

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Haley described a little girl who looked a lot like the murder victim, Bethany Alana Clark, who would say her middle name was Alasee and pronounced it “all ah see-ah.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

She came out of her trailer — like we’d already shot half of it and she was like, “Oh, ah, OK.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Does the line finish with an "ay," an "ah", or an "oh"?

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

"It encourages me and I tell myself - ah, life belongs to the courageous," he said, citing U.S. rapper Lil Wayne and Congolese star Fally Ipupa as influences.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

“The General, ah, defers to General Hill’s judgment, I believe.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara