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verb

ˈsī How to pronounce sigh (audio)
Definition of sighnext
as in to gasp
to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound Mom always used to sigh loudly whenever she found a mess on the floor—which was often a breeze sighed through the leaves

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noun

as in gasp

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Recent Examples of sigh
Verb
Inevitably the streak ends and everyone sighs, reflects and returns to work. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Gosha sighs, at the prospect of having to raise an amount that, over in the States, would be less than 50 bucks. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Noun
There is nothing to celebrate, merely a tremendous sigh of relief. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 Judging from the big sigh on the elevator, as Robby wraps his stethoscope around his neck like only Wyle can, he's not exactly refreshed and eager to step back into the emergency room. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sigh
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sigh
  1. gasp
  2. whisper
  3. huff
  4. murmur
  5. breathe
  6. gurgle
  7. snort
  8. babble
Verb
  • Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The power outages caused by storms that roared through the region nearly two weeks ago have one resident of this Rust Belt city literally gasping for air.
    — Selina Guevara, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of gasp
Noun
  • Moore begins with a whisper and builds to a roar as Mona improvises a manic rant that involves rats and the plague.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Engineered around Qualcomm’s flagship 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor, this Surface laptop delivers exceptional processing speed with whisper-quiet thermal efficiency.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of whisper
Verb
  • This version is battery-powered, meaning no more huffing and puffing!
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 24 June 2026
  • Meanwhile in Boston, England huffed and puffed but could not blow Ghana away.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of huff
Noun
  • So even as the national debt recently passed the $40 trillion landmark, there was barely a murmur coming from the party of fiscal responsibility.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In these murmurs, Ullom wonders how much modern technology has led us astray.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of murmur
Verb
  • Modern submarines can produce oxygen onboard, allowing the crew to breathe without drawing a fresh supply from the atmosphere.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The documents released Tuesday showed city officials at the time knew conditions at the long-smoldering pit made the air there unsafe to breathe, despite repeatedly assuring New Yorkers the opposite.
    — Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of breathe
Noun
  • There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.
    — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Her stomach made an audible gurgle.
    — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of gurgle
Verb
  • Brylan May, who met McCollough through her legal internship at the Writers Guild of America West in 2024, recalls once seeing McCollough snort a line of cocaine at a party and immediately throw up.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The former Oasis frontman told a particularly funny story about a flare up back in 1994, where a few fans of the band tried to snort his psoriasis.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of snort
Noun
  • Companies modelled after Mary Kay that have reprised empowerment babble for their founders’ gain are mentioned but receive scarce judgment.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
    — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of babble

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“Sigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sigh. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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