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
Watching the hearing via Zoom from a prison holding room, Powell wiped his eyes and sighed heavily as Cribbs once again recited the facts of the case before Judge Rachelle Carnesale, explaining when Walton was fatally shot.
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Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Pino’s supporters sighed and sniffled when the verdict was announced.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Sapphire sighed and kicked the covers down around our feet.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
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.
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Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Johnson sighed and rubbed a hand over her head in relief.
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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.
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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).
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Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Pino’s supporters sighed and sniffled when the verdict was announced.
—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Sapphire sighed and kicked the covers down around our feet.
—
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Seeing her dad’s handwriting, Lally sighed.
—
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
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
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.
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Isaac Hayden huffed and puffed but received little support from Blackpool’s Karoy Anderson.
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By the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath.
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The crowd of 39,077 at Citi Field gasped and even applauded some when the replay was shown on the large videoboard in center.
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All-Pro middle linebacker Jeremiah Trotter placed one of his massive hands on the belly of his expectant wife and breathed a prayer.
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That was when microbes wrested energy from light and, in the process, breathed new life into the world.
Verb
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On land, cadaver dogs sniffed the shore for any trace of Lynette.
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Deputies once again conducted a traffic stop, and a police dog sniffed out illicit substances.
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“Sighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sighed. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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