sigh
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That sound you hear is the sigh coming from those disappointed at the consumer-price index increase of a mere 0.1% in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"It's been very difficult for morale," she says with a deep sigh.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
"We breathed a sigh of relief. God guided us," Islam said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It’s not maximalist enough,” she says with a sigh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
I skulked over to a nearby bench and sat down, letting out a deep sigh that echoed in the vast waiting area.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
In their small living room, his mother sighs: "He still has nightmares at night, and I am getting weaker day by day."
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Later, wedding performed, as they dance the “Chicken Dance” with one another, Marion sighs, “Oh, Lyle, it’s too bad our father isn’t alive to see this.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“User sighs at 9:15 p.m. AI is listening from a smart home device and logs it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Walking out of the car park at Steel Rigg, with Hadrian's Wall rising steeply out of the morning mist, Margaret Anderson sighs.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
He puts down the poster and sighs deeply.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
"I've been a fisherman for 39 years and there's never been a drought like this before," sighed fellow fisherman Aleksandar Angelov.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Even changing to play lower and deeper and compact space didn't really help us in our efforts," the Newcastle head coach sighed.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
“Paddington — so cute,” Cumming sighed as he departed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
“When you get old, they push you aside,” he sighed.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
Seeing my reaction, she sighed and put an arm around my shoulders and squeezed.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
But they couldn’t do that, one doctor said apologetically, sighing deeply.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Another seemingly innocuous cartoon shows a man at his desk sighing, "My train of thought has derailed."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
“I’ve been laid off before,” Dave told me, sighing as he acknowledged that periods of looking for work are part of having a career.
From Slate ● May 20, 2025
“The camera’s on me, and I’m doing all this sighing and eye-rolling, having a great time and thinking ‘God, you’re really good.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
And from both came the sighing, breathy sound.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Vocabulary lists containing sigh
"The Road Not Taken"
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