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

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

Water services are different, because the 'switch for a better deal' advice simply doesn't, ahem, hold water.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 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

“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