to sigh
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1.0
- verb
- /saɪ/
:
suspirar
- But going into his room made us sigh with relief.
She sleeps even breaths and Melky sighs just below your ear.
- She sleeps even breaths and Melky sighs just below your ear.
- You can hear him sighing over the waves.
- It heaves and sighs, puckers and farts, yawns and swallows.
- If you laugh, he'll lower his head to his hands and sigh.
- So I just wanted to clarify that I know this video is about the Bloodless collection, but I had to clarify because I'm seeing things that make me sigh.
- And then a monster in the closet reveals herself and sighs with disappointment because she couldn't fulfill her duty as a scary monster who terrorizes her victims.
- He's throwing his arms up and sighing and being a big titty baby.
- No, he's good at it now a little over a month later, sigh, she's pregnant.
- It turns out that we're sighing all the time.
- An unaffected man in a negative light could not have borne his labor, nor have died sighing that he should leave the banjo's twang.
Examples
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With callused fingers, she squeezed her hair dry and sighed, swirling the waters around her.
Fiction book (1990) -
At such times, he would sigh heavily, leaving us to guess about his love life.
Academic text (2003) -
But this is a situation where you kind of have to sigh and say it is what it is.
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You can hear him sighing over the waves.
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Yes, usually he would have sighed and planned his lecture for the morning.
Fiction book (1990) -
"What could do such a thing?" She sighed and contemplated the clean line of his jaw.
Fiction book (1990) -
Thad shifted from one leg to the other and sighed, and then he went back upstairs.
Fiction book (1990) -
The man sighed, stirred his coffee, and sighed again as if he were about to say something.
Fiction book (1990) -
Looking down at her simple, expensive dress and white-gloved hands, she sighed softly.
Fiction book (1990) -
After a long day at work, she sighed deeply, feeling the weight of her exhaustion.
Synonyms
19
4.3
To breathe out loudly because of effort or strong feeling
12
2.5
To feel very relieved after a time of worry
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2.3
To breathe out slowly because you feel relieved, tired, or disappointed
To breathe out slowly when you feel sad, tired, or relieved
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Etymology
Sigh as a verb comes from the same idea — it copies the sound of letting out a long breath, just like hiss copies a soft hissing sound — so to sigh is to make that deep, audible breath.