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  • David Archuleta sang "Sweet Caroline" but as any Boston Red Sox fan knows, you pause for the "oh oh oh's" and "So good, so good, so good's".

    Ken Levine: American Idol Top 5: Hey, Hey, Paula 2008

  • Iain, why are people spelling the a name of your erstwhile funder with zero's rather than oh's?

    MPs Should Bin Extra "Communications" Allowance 2007

  • Presently her respectful oh's and ah's got too much for the Dane to bear.

    Three Hearts and Three Lions Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1953

  • But Ivan Nikiforovitch dropped into a chair, and could utter no word beyond prolonged oh's.

    Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

  • ATKINSON popping up with ever-increasing vivacity; his "Oh! oh's!" and his "No! no's!" growing in frequency and stormy intensity.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891 Various

  • Nevertheless, the possibility of extending the application of antiphons began to be felt after, and as a first stage in that direction there was adopted a curious practice of echoing back expressive 'ah's' and 'oh's' in musical reply to certain vital passages not fitted with antiphons.

    The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne

  • "Yes, Aunt Fanny, we are coming," said Fritz, and then followed "oh's" and "ah's" and other signs of discomfort as they arose to dress, and found themselves stiff and sore from the exertion and the blows of the afternoon before.

    Pixy's Holiday Journey George Lang

  • After he had heard his voice chanting the last long oh's of the final verse, he was ashamed of his solemnity, and terrified lest some one might have heard him and accounted him insane.

    The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

  • And down she tumbled on the floor, and sang, since there was nothing to be said, round ah's and oh's.

    Jacob's Room Virginia Woolf 1911

  • Bond gave vent to all the "oh's" and "ah's" that indicate the perfect visitor.

    Under the Skylights Henry Blake Fuller 1893

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