breathe a sigh of relief

idiom

: to relax because something one has been worrying about is not a problem or danger anymore : to feel relieved

We all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard that they were safe.

Examples of breathe a sigh of relief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But just as my father and his family tried to breathe a sigh of relief and rebuild a fraction of their ruptured lives, Israel kicked them out again in 1967, this time to Egypt. —Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025

Any worried fans who have been missing Burrell during recent cast gatherings can now breathe a sigh of relief. —Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025

The company beat consensus estimates for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS), and its stock soared nearly 15% in same-day trading as traders seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025

Fans of the great outdoors can breathe a sigh of relief. —Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for breathe a sigh of relief

• beef
• brief
• chief
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• grief
• leaf
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• reef
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• thief