curred

verb

past tense of curr
as in sighed

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  1. sighed
  2. whispered
  3. hissed
  4. murmured
  5. whistled
Verb
  • Yet another review of EAR audio found that people who sighed frequently were not necessarily burdened by negative emotions.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • Rabbi Eli Schlanger leaned back in his chair, sighed and grinned like a kid.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of sighed
Verb
  • Recalling a former boss who whispered intimate good-byes to his appliances when his restaurant closed, Luca says that the head chef didn’t receive similar farewells from his employees.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • The toys clanked, the players held their breath and onlookers whispered strategies on the sidelines – until a winner was crowned.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
Definition of whispered
Verb
  • Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
  • His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of hissed
Verb
  • True to form, the Boards of Canada resurrection has murmured to life so quietly that only the most obsessive of code breakers twigged it early on.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Ludwig murmured, the mist outside the window mostly covering the mountain.
    — Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of murmured
Verb
  • That prospect flared up for Seoane as the home fans whistled and booed at the final whistle, and became reality on Monday when the club’s board acted.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of whistled
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“Curred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curred. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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