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present tense third-person singular of sigh
as in huffs
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

plural of sigh

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Recent Examples of sighs
Noun
Worthington sighs at the suggestion. Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sighs
Noun
  • Long before tweets could topple reputations, whispers did the job just fine—sometimes with deadlier precision.
    Oriel FeldmanHall, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Among staffers, whispers of the deal have generated only confusion.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Demerzel gasps, and for once Day isn’t preening in the mirror but bowing his head.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The menu circles the room to appreciative murmurs.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the past, doctors were probably better at listening to heart murmurs, or at feeling the liver.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On play two, Moore sniffs out the reverse from deep alignment, takes a sharp angle to the ball and makes the open-field stop.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At first, the curious canine sniffs a paw, but soon follows the trail straight to the source—the black dog's ear.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mixed with heartfelt moments and heartbreak, Crouch’s performance breathes life into a saga set in small-town America.
    AudioFile Magazine September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The costume department hustles to reattach a limping sole as the star breathes through the heat.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stein’s bedroom adjoined the room where Dodge would visit her lover at night; kept awake by the murmurings and moans, Stein lit a candle and composed a portrait of her host.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Most of these are held in a tent, from which loud, ecstatic moans can be heard for seemingly miles around.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Sighs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sighs. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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