as in huffed
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 sighed
Seeing her dad’s handwriting, Lally sighed.
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The Renaissance master, whose name is only ever sighed in the same breath as Leonardo and Michelangelo, supposedly traded truth for beauty, and ended up destroying both.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
From that day forward, everyone sighed and said what a year.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Johnson sighed and rubbed a hand over her head in relief.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
Dejan Furtula sighed with despair while looking at construction machines working around the clock to remove tons of trash clogging the Drina River near his hometown of Visegrad, in eastern Bosnia.
—Eldar Emric, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
That the trio’s affection often expresses itself in frustrated shouts, sighed exasperation or muted defeat, has become part of the bargain for 38-year-old Anna, who takes care of and is cared for by her parents (Victor Slezak as Dad and Marceline Hugot as Mom).
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
The officer whose bodycam recorded the shooting audibly sighed after the gunshot.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Yet in some corners of the Internet, Fuentes is as sighed over as Timothée Chalamet.
—Maggie Turner, Air Mail, 17 Jan. 2026
Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The Renaissance master, whose name is only ever sighed in the same breath as Leonardo and Michelangelo, supposedly traded truth for beauty, and ended up destroying both.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
From that day forward, everyone sighed and said what a year.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Johnson sighed and rubbed a hand over her head in relief.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
Dejan Furtula sighed with despair while looking at construction machines working around the clock to remove tons of trash clogging the Drina River near his hometown of Visegrad, in eastern Bosnia.
—Eldar Emric, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
That the trio’s affection often expresses itself in frustrated shouts, sighed exasperation or muted defeat, has become part of the bargain for 38-year-old Anna, who takes care of and is cared for by her parents (Victor Slezak as Dad and Marceline Hugot as Mom).
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
The officer whose bodycam recorded the shooting audibly sighed after the gunshot.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Yet in some corners of the Internet, Fuentes is as sighed over as Timothée Chalamet.
—Maggie Turner, Air Mail, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sighed
Verb
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Difluoroethane is a gas often used in cans of compressed air, which can be huffed to produce a high, while alprazolam is the generic form of brand-name Xanax.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Isaac Hayden huffed and puffed but received little support from Blackpool’s Karoy Anderson.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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When Coleman ambled onstage, the audience gasped and broke into applause.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Anabelle gasped for air for about three minutes before going still, body camera footage shows.—
Clare Amari,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Verb
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There, veterinarians discovered that the turtle had aspirated (breathed in) large amounts of seawater and sand, resulting in a significant blockage in his airways.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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McCartney works with a producer nearly 50 years his junior in Andrew Watt, who recently breathed new life into the Rolling Stones.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Technically, that wasn’t the very last image — the wormhole sucked up the whole theater, spit out a snow globe, and Benny, Colbert’s pet dog, sniffed the souvenir before being ushered onward by his owner — but when the lights went out on Broadway, that was that.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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On Monday, police officers were taking photos of the scene as a police dog sniffed the front yard of the home where Elijah Mayo died.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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“Sighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sighed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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