sigh
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"This is our house and it survived," Emma Mitchell told us with a huge sigh of relief.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Gamers are likely breathing a sigh of relief that Take-Two also confirmed that the official launch date of GTA VI is still Nov. 19.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Asked to described Fuhrman’s legacy, he let out a deep sigh.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
I asked a minister what would happen if the so-called King of the North didn't win - their answer was best described as a painful sigh.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
“The Red River borders Texas and Oklahoma and churns down to Baton Rouge, where it joins the Mississippi and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. No way around it,” I sigh.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Lorraine Ali acknowledges the front-runners, but sighs, “My perfect-universe picks? ‘
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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
"I can't imagine how helpless people must have been," she said between heavy sighs, adding: "I really regret that I didn't knock on a single door."
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
You want something that sits up in the spoon, not something that sighs into a puddle.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
Then we looked at each other and we, too, let out our own sighs of disappointment.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
"I don't think it's our year," sighed C Grinbergs on Bluesky.
From BBC ● May 14, 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
"Yeah -- to a certain extent," she sighed as she eyed groceries in a Pennsylvania food bank.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
As Torak passed beneath, the trees sighed mournfully, as if already lamenting his death.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
But they couldn’t do that, one doctor said apologetically, sighing deeply.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Unfortunately for Pep Guardiola's side, City's defensive display will have had those same rivals sighing with relief.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 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
When we broached the issue recently, she told me, sighing: “I suffer from CRS.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
She opened the note in her hand, sighing with great impatience at its folds.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing sigh
"The Road Not Taken"
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