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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Recent Examples of sigh
Juli Fraga, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
By the end of the last call, clients almost always let out a visible sigh of relief, Peterson says.
—Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
All those combat rules are there to encourage players to not just sigh and roll to hit.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Letting out a heavy sigh is also a sign.
—Juli Fraga, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
By the end of the last call, clients almost always let out a visible sigh of relief, Peterson says.
—Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
Tursi sighed proudly, then agreed.
—Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
All those combat rules are there to encourage players to not just sigh and roll to hit.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sigh
Verb
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If nothing else, his wealth of experience, ability to recognize coverages and check the Browns into advantageous situations should be the bare minimum for an offense gasping for life.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The man who once made Madison Square Garden erupt now gives book clubs a reason to gasp.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While an insider confirmed to Fox News Digital that there have been whispers of another woman, TMZ was first to report that the country star may already be involved with someone else.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Grzeda said the whisper PepsiCo detected in the early 2000s has become a roar, fueled by social media and growing consumer interest in ingredients.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The hugs stop and the arguments, the phone obsession, and the huffing cold shoulder starts.—
Cyndy Etler,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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Fellow porters huffing their way up a hillside; the stars twinkling above the desert sand; the layered waves of Caroline Polachek’s staggeringly beautiful title song cresting over the horizon at just the right moment.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The murmur of medical machines in London is a far cry from the grinding buzz of Israeli drones in northern Gaza – where his two younger brothers, Muhammad, 14, and Yusuf, 12, are displaced.—
Christina Macfarlane,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The menu circles the room to appreciative murmurs.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many experts, including a former agriculture minister, have repeatedly cautioned that Iran must keep water use below 40% of renewable supplies, leaving enough for rivers to flow, wetlands to breathe, and aquifers to naturally recharge.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mitchell willfully took fewer shots and generally breathed in less oxygen so there was more to go around on the Cavs’ offense last season.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The instructor reminds the class to be a buddy not a bully and everyone hears your dad snort.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The revealed truth therein was that the band had been snorting truckloads of cocaine in between concerts, photo-ops, miscellaneous recording sessions with Johnny Depp, and ‘Cool Britannia’ press junkets, shaking hands with Tony Blair.—
Jesse Adams,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice.—
David Velasco,
Harpers Magazine,
18 Dec. 2023
Verb
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But the little dog isn’t tempted to even sniff it.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Sigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sigh. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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