ah
interjection
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
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ah
1 American
[ah]
/ ɑ /
interjection
Ah
2
American
Or
a.h.
abbreviation
A.H.
3
American
Also
anno Hejirae
abbreviation
A.H.
4
American
Also
anno Hebraico
abbreviation
AH
1
British
abbreviation
ah
2
British
/ ɑː /
interjection
Etymology
Origin of A.H.3
From New Latin annō Hejirae
Origin of A.H.4
From New Latin annō Hebraico
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
"I watched all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and started to realise, ah that's where the character development happens," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
One particularly dedicated fan — a young Taiwanese woman — visits every year or so, to ooh and ah at the new additions to the collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024
“Let’s be clear there — there’s not one time where Cam just says ah, like he’s flippant about it. He’s not,” coach Jake Dickert said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
“I wished to — ah — deposit certain — um — personal items in the room...”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
“I was taken aback by how intense and vivid the descriptions were, and not only detailed, but very viscerally described … Mona Awad is not a generic prose writer,” Ah Sing says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ah, say the parsons, then why not “disclose” any AI use?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ah, New York—where it’s hot, loud, and the air is barely breathable.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ah, I remember having the same question when I was applying for jobs right out of college: How are you supposed to get experience if no one will give it to you?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Ah, youth, youth! You must not forget that I am three years older than you, Bronden."
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
The students, referred to as A.H. and H.H. in the lawsuit, will get $500,000 each from the school and also be reimbursed for tuition, which is about $70,000 total.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
“This is not a sort of origin story of Jesse,” said Jonathan A.H.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
Others claim Capt. Wirz was a scapegoat, including James Gaston, the former camp commander of A.H.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
The two people who obtained the diary are identified in the letter by their initials, "R.K. and A.H."
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2021
In a census made during Barsbai’s reign, it was found that the total number of towns and villages in Egypt had sunk to 2170, whereas in the 4th century A.H. it had stood at 10,000.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Jeff Asher, a crime analyst and co-founder of AH Datalytics, has studied national crime trends for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
“There are millions of property crimes a year,” said Jeff Asher of the research firm AH Datalytics.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
New Orleans-based AH Datalytics found that the homicide rate has fallen roughly 12% nationwide when compared with the first five months of 2022.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
But there is more current data available: The consulting firm AH Datalytics has a free dashboard that compiles more up-to-date murder data from 99 big cities.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2022
AH nine of them came shooting out, one behind the other.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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