ahem's Usage Examples:

"hem"; or it may be articulated as a double-syllable sound, written as "ahem", which is expressed by inhaling slightly and then exhaling more forcibly.

Elizabethan, described by Molesworth as "the super smashing New Young Elizabethan ahem (advert.

At this point, Self’s gift for (ahem) bilious satire kicks in, its target largely the ‘slapstick of addiction’.

On March 14, 2000 Jonah Goldberg's National Review Online column "Our, *ahem*, FAQ Welcome New Readers" contained the following: "Alas, because Goldberg.

little <ahem>s, sitting down to dine, someone cut their cufflinks off, now, there's only nine.

" He later resumes, commenting: "Nine little <ahem>s, sitting.

Architecture critic Larry Millett writes, "If you step inside for a view of the, ahem, scenery, you'll discover a glass dome that once illuminated a 'ladies banking.

Completely -ahem- 'devoted' to his job and - ahem- ahem- 'unbiased', he zealously oversees a program to rid the.

Blog "really started to take off when the financial industry decided to — ahem — fail.

Synonyms:

vocalization; hem; utterance;