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sigh

verb as in long for

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Windsor, wearing a grey sweatshirt, sighed and pursed his lips in the dock as the verdicts were announced.

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"Oh God," and then a pause, a sigh, and then, "Oh God," again.

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Breathing a large sigh before standing to read his speech, he pleaded with the judge for "mercy".

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While the world’s richest man might have breathed a sigh of relief after his Starship rocket completed a stellar launch last month, Elon Musk can’t afford to celebrate just yet.

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Another watches a tape of her college-freshman-aged self setting up a guy who could have been a classmate and sighs, “Years later, I’m still emotionally exhausted.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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