sigh
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Americans might breathe a sigh of relief with prices for gasoline down a bit from last week, but eventually they could pay a premium on the goods shipped to their homes or local grocery stores.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
So, for a few hours, Pike could breathe a sigh of relief, as the Sixth Circuit granted the stay to consider the novel details of her case.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
"If I were sitting in the Kremlin, I'd probably breathe a sigh of relief," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
And from everyone in the car came a soft collective sigh, a groan, an ohhhhhhh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
I didn’t mean to sigh as giant a sigh as I did right then.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
"We've been under sanctions for years," sighs an employee at one of two branches in Dubai.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Your daddy is a work in progress, I’m a work in progress,” she sighs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
Dad sighs and decides to start on Justin first.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
The woman sighed, tapped her screen with a fingernail and said, “It’s right there.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Recently an honest woman who works for a top AI firm sighed in my presence when describing decision-making at this crucial moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Every day we have to sign a petition to save our country, save the nature, save the city,” she sighed as we sat down.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“That was perfect,” one person sighed as others around them voiced enthusiastic agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Miss Mortimer sighed and let the cat hop to the ground.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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
Nadon’s sighing shoulders lead her on a path of self-discovery that she fills in with lustrous details.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
He opened his mouth very wide and yawned aloud, sighing heavily afterwards.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing sigh
"The Road Not Taken"
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"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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"The House on Mango Street" and "The Road Not Taken"
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