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soughing

verb

present participle of sough
as in sighing
to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep

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  1. sighing
  2. breathing
  3. gasping
Verb
  • By the 11th game of the third set, Keys was hitting herself in the head with her racket, taking her cap off and sighing deep breaths that were either meant to steady her or out of exasperation.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of sighing
Verb
  • Try the cheap partner-side fixes first, match the mid-tier device to the type of snoring and escalate to a doctor the moment breathing pauses enter the picture.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The victim fell to the ground and stopped breathing and had to have CPR performed by bystanders, the report says.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of breathing
Verb
  • Previous visitors have reported temperature drops, phantom footsteps and the sound of a person gasping for air.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Blocking and grunting turned into gasping as Roach sacked Bo Nix for a safety, putting his own football life in jeopardy.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of gasping
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“Soughing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soughing. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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