How to Use ooh in a Sentence

ooh

1 of 2 interjection
Definition of oohnext
Synonyms for oohnext
  • This one looks like a flashy play — ooh, look, a fancy crossover!
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022
  • There are new things to climb, newborns to ooh and aah over and new locations in the works at Gatorland these days.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Before you ooh and aah, keep in mind: Some of that growth is invasive species that pose a treacherous threat.
    — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • The tiny stall has become a beloved stop for locals and travelers alike, who ooh and ahh at every single pie that comes out of the back.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2023
  • They’re also caught touching each other’s faces, ooh la la.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 July 2023
  • The DNA test works by analyzing the makeup of your chromosomes (cue: ooh, aaah).
    — Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Let passing motorists ooh and ah over this giant inflatable version of your most base, primal desires!
    — Johanna Gohmann, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Videos will accompany the costumes, so visitors can see how costumes appeared onstage and on-screen, and also ooh over the A-list actors who wore them, Carlano said.
    — Cristina Bolling, charlotteobserver, 29 Apr. 2017
  • If that feeling describes you right now, Netflix has a new movie that will totally strike your fancy (while also providing some super beautiful scenic shots for you to ooh and aah over).
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • And while, of course, there was plenty to swoon over in the glamorous ceremony and the impressive roster of international well-wishers, there was always going to be one iconic item for fans to ooh and ahh over: the wedding dress.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 2 June 2023
  • Brownback, naturally, promised to veto the measure because ooh, taxes bad!
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 6 June 2017
  • With each new photo shoot and red carpet event, the actor delivers breathtaking moments that will oftentimes go viral on the internet, causing folks to ooh and aah at her outfits, hair, and makeup.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The result, to me at least, is a perfect encapsulation of the era: a two-hour Mountain Dew commercial set to a choogling rap-metal soundtrack, with video phones (ooh!), absinthe, and an extravagant fun-fur collar for every jacket.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • So suggest a mutually interesting spot that has something for both of you — sun, a low-level language barrier, but enough ooh/ahh factor of foreign fasciation to whet his wandering whistle for future adventures.
    — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022
  • This one looks like a flashy play — ooh, look, a fancy crossover!
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022
  • There are new things to climb, newborns to ooh and aah over and new locations in the works at Gatorland these days.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Before you ooh and aah, keep in mind: Some of that growth is invasive species that pose a treacherous threat.
    — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • The tiny stall has become a beloved stop for locals and travelers alike, who ooh and ahh at every single pie that comes out of the back.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2023
  • They’re also caught touching each other’s faces, ooh la la.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 July 2023
  • The DNA test works by analyzing the makeup of your chromosomes (cue: ooh, aaah).
    — Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Let passing motorists ooh and ah over this giant inflatable version of your most base, primal desires!
    — Johanna Gohmann, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Videos will accompany the costumes, so visitors can see how costumes appeared onstage and on-screen, and also ooh over the A-list actors who wore them, Carlano said.
    — Cristina Bolling, charlotteobserver, 29 Apr. 2017
  • If that feeling describes you right now, Netflix has a new movie that will totally strike your fancy (while also providing some super beautiful scenic shots for you to ooh and aah over).
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • And while, of course, there was plenty to swoon over in the glamorous ceremony and the impressive roster of international well-wishers, there was always going to be one iconic item for fans to ooh and ahh over: the wedding dress.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 2 June 2023
  • Brownback, naturally, promised to veto the measure because ooh, taxes bad!
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 6 June 2017
  • With each new photo shoot and red carpet event, the actor delivers breathtaking moments that will oftentimes go viral on the internet, causing folks to ooh and aah at her outfits, hair, and makeup.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The result, to me at least, is a perfect encapsulation of the era: a two-hour Mountain Dew commercial set to a choogling rap-metal soundtrack, with video phones (ooh!), absinthe, and an extravagant fun-fur collar for every jacket.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • So suggest a mutually interesting spot that has something for both of you — sun, a low-level language barrier, but enough ooh/ahh factor of foreign fasciation to whet his wandering whistle for future adventures.
    — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022
  • This one looks like a flashy play — ooh, look, a fancy crossover!
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022
  • There are new things to climb, newborns to ooh and aah over and new locations in the works at Gatorland these days.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
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ooh

2 of 2 verb
  • But all the women around us who saw me on one knee were oohing and ahhing.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 18 July 2017
  • Even in the Cleveland gym, the crowd oohed as Grady coolly stepped back and sunk a three pointer.
    — Mitchell Forde, oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The crowd gathered to watch, oohing and aahing at the glowing barrel as it was lifted up.
    — Hadley Green, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The music will start playing, the rockets will start glaring, the crowd will start oohing and ahhing.
    — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2017
  • One big part of a baby shower is opening gifts (and ooh-ing and ahh-ing over all those tiny clothes).
    — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 6 Apr. 2020
  • On May 30, the pop singer shared pictures of her nails in an Instagram carousel for her millions of fans to ooh and aah over.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 31 May 2022
  • Everyone oohed and aahed and cleared the way for them as if in the presence of true royalty.
    — Kate Storey, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2018
  • And not just the people in the room, though there was a lot of air-kissing and oohing about outfits going on over the chicken potpies.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • By the time the World Series rolled around, no one was talking about his off-field issue, but many were oohing and aahing over his 103 mph fastball.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Pat Schroeder and some of her friends were oohing and aahing over this guy — and at his prospects in national politics.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Guests passed around their silver so everyone could see the full range, and as each dish was served, oohed and ahhed over the wide variety of pieces.
    — Stephanie Wu, Town & Country, 13 June 2014
  • His family poured into the bright, clean space, oohing and ahhing at the three-bedroom, single-wide trailer.
    — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Parents oohed and aahed as Jody Worth, the upper school director, ushered them through the campus.
    — Emmanuel Felton, NBC News, 17 June 2018
  • The pristine pantry in her Los Angeles home made headlines earlier this year as fans oohed and aahed over the custom set-up.
    — Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 8 June 2017
  • On Thursday, families waiting for flights oohed and aahed at the vast marble floors and glass walls and took selfies in a landscaped picnic park.
    — Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • Watching coho salmon jump through the Inkwells is like watching a Fourth of July fireworks show: At each jump, people ooh and aah at the electrifying sight.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Fireworks will be launched from four spots across Albuquerque so that people can ooh and aah from home instead of gathering in a single place.
    — John Seewer, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2020
  • Inside, oblivious tourists from across Japan oohed and aahed as dolphins performed tricks for fish to cheesy rock music, and children lined up to stroke them.
    — Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
  • We all ooh and ahh over the (at least in my memory) huge lights and decorations that illuminate every house and the snow that blankets each lawn along our drive.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Sometimes both room and boat are there at once and a person might have to clap her hands across her mouth to stop herself from oohing, especially when the schools of fish surface or the stars begin to flicker.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Your deep freezer is not on display for anyone to ooh and ahh over so think about functionality over design.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2022
  • So many of us remember sitting somewhere on a blanket oohing and aahing over awesome light shows bursting overhead.
    — Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 28 June 2023
  • Competitors trotted down a green carpet while spectators oohed and aahed and the judges jotted notes onto their score sheets.
    — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Everyone was oohing and aahing at this beautiful creature.
    — Katey Rich, HWD, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Houston hosted the world weight lifting championships last year. The sport’s greatest athletes, many Olympians among them, hoisted staggering amounts of weight above their heads, and the fans there oohed and aahed.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 19 May 2016
  • Fireworks will be launched from four spots across Albuquerque, New Mexico, so that people can ooh and aah from home instead of gathering in a single place.
    — John Seewer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2020
  • Even Eichorn, who should be entirely too jaded by now to fully appreciate the aerial antics of a tarpon, would ooh and aah with each leap.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Everyone at Wrigley Field immediately glanced at the video boards after each Aroldis Chapman pitch in 2016, oohing and aahing at the triple-digit numbers.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Partygoers oohed, aahed and hash-tagged away — as the iPhone generation does — until the dinner bell sounded.
    — Amber Elliot, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2019
  • At a nearby table, four women giddily flip the pages back and forth, pointing to various pictures, oohing and ahhing as if looking at their old high-school yearbook.
    — Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 24 May 2017

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