sigh
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Hillman, from Hepi, said while universities were likely to be "breathing a sigh of relief" over the high student numbers, the true picture would only become clear once the new term begins.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“In our opinion, this should immediately give rise to a sigh of relief among investors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"We breathed a sigh of relief. God guided us," Islam said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
People inside the PBOC, I’m told, breathed a sigh of relief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
A red-and-gold sigh trickled through his head as the dragon returned her attention to her meal.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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
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
Hana sighs in that way that means she’s just about done with me.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
"There's nothing we can do about it... We'll just have to put up with it for 10 days," he sighed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 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
Then she remembered she had given away the new fountain pen and sighed.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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
It is quite difficult to imagine anyone rolling their eyes or sighing if Maggie Smith got something wrong, almost as difficult as imagining such an event actually occurring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
He looked at me worriedly before sighing in resignation.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing sigh
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