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[ verb ] heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
Synonyms Examples "She sighed sadly" Used in print (San Francisco Chronicle...)The gas_station man sighed unhappily . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)' It 's just a bat ' said my wife reassuringly , and I sighed with relief . (Wayne D. Overholser, The Killer Marshal....)Jones sighed as if relieved . (Clifford Irving, The Valley....)Gavin sighed bitterly . (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)Eugenia sighed . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an utterance made by exhaling audibly
Synonyms Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)And with each sigh , like a whip in the hand of an expert , the grass stripped something from Warren . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The things left unsaid they both felt deeply , and with a sigh they fell_back on the well stuffed pillows . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)At the end of the room there was a desk heaped with papers , and she began to riffle these , making sighs and and noises of girlish exasperation . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Digby heaved a deep ethereal sigh . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)One could hear a very faint , ladylike sigh of relief . Related terms |
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[ verb ] utter with a sigh
Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)`` That 's Johnny '' , sighed the bank president , `` the best hearted boy in the world , but absent-minded '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a sound like a person sighing
Examples "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees" Related terms |
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