Thesaurus results for SIGHING

sighing

verb

present participle of sigh

as in gasping

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 sighing The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 The internet may be full of people who want to outlaw leaf blowers, but misophonic triggers tend to share a bodily quality, an aurally traceable culprit such as a person crunching or sighing. — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Also, remember that the avatar is reading your body language, eye contact, any kind of sighing or moaning. — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026 Watch On As every streaming platform inevitably becomes like linear TV and offers up more commercials than common sense, we're left sighing at the 360 that society has taken. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026 There are nearly two hundred people standing there, looking around and sighing. — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 Everything at this Elmhurst flamepot is punched up, texture and flavor alike, from sighing-soft to tensile to snappy, and always hot-hot-hot. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 But the people in these plays aren’t sighing and slumping. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026 And while many might be reluctant to close the time capsule door on their beloved skinnies, some of us are sighing with relief that the current denim trend is comfy enough for travel. — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sighing

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Warning signs worth flagging to a doctor include loud snoring, gasping for air during sleep, severe daytime fatigue, persistent low mood, rapid heart rate and unexplained weight changes.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026
Gauff and Muchová had the crowd gasping in the thick heat through the tiebreak, which produced some of the most electric shots of what had already been a tense match.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of gasping

Verb

Paramount+ delivered the main full trailer for season 4 on June 15, 2026, and it’s packed with dinosaurs, cowboys, horses, space storms, dreams, nightmares, fire-breathing dragons, haunted spaceships, and hallucinatory pleasure planets.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 July 2026
Overseen by executive director Richard Brent, the Big House is living, breathing rock & roll history.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

Definition of breathing

Verb

When walking your dog, keep them from sniffing or chewing plants along trails and sidewalks.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Supervise pets outdoors, especially in unfamiliar areas, and keep dogs from sniffing or chewing plants on trails and sidewalks.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026