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
Another replied, “What’s funny is after he got it he had a big sigh of relief.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
At that point, the then mayor of Greater Manchester let out a sigh and told me "you just can't keep having referendum after referendum".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
“I want to go back to my mom,” Teddy whimpers, and I sigh.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Lorraine Ali acknowledges the front-runners, but sighs, “My perfect-universe picks? ‘
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
I don’t pay attention to eye rolls or impatient sighs that might have once given me pause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
As cops breathed sighs of relief that he was an architect, those living in Massapequa "were astonished," Livoti said.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
You want something that sits up in the spoon, not something that sighs into a puddle.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
“Thank you, Hank. But cooking for a family,” he sighs.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
"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
Mr. Grayson sighed and rubbed his finger along his upper lip.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
But they couldn’t do that, one doctor said apologetically, sighing deeply.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Here, Isaac attempts to outrun criticism by sighing, “The issue is that I treated you too well?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
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
Coach sat in front of him, working his gum and sighing heavily every few seconds.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
Vocabulary lists containing sigh
"The Road Not Taken"
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"The House on Mango Street" and "The Road Not Taken"
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