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sigh

verb as in long for

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She lets out a deep sigh and tells me it’s not something she’s closed off to.

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After some thinking, Murray recalls a time he and Candy did a stage reading of a play directed by Sydney Pollack, and sighs with relief.

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With a sigh, she notes she might soon see the last picture show as the nearly 70-year-old outdoor theater -- one of the few remaining drive-ins in the Washington area -- is on its way out, too.

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“Right now it seems far away. There is perhaps a feeling that we can breathe a sigh of relief,” Frederiksen said at the opening of the Danish parliament.

When Atlético Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain wrapped up their Club World Cup match at the Rose Bowl earlier this month, players greeted the final whistle with a huge sigh of relief.

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

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