sighed

Example Sentences

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"We sighed with relief - strikes act like a firebreak."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"There was just a little bit of heat, then bam, they bombed again, and now nothing works," Yeromina sighed.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

“When you get old, they push you aside,” he sighed.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

She’s half joking, but Embury sighed when she listed the foods Elliott and Charlotte, 8 and 6, regularly request.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

His siblings circled close to comfort him, and Penelope sighed, for although Miss Mortimer was quite right in what she had said, so too was Beowulf, and there was no use pretending otherwise.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood