suspire

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspire
Verb
  • Stunned spectators gasp and scream before people start running away.
    Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to spectators who gasped at the power during longer points.
    Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film wheezes through its less-than-80-minute running time, and no one seems all that sad to move on.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The drilling was coming from the massive construction project next door, which eventually gave way to cartloads of rocks and dirt that wheezed out dust that clogged the air-conditioner.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2025
Verb
  • The Princess of Wales was seen recently in a plaid checked midi-dress with a peplum and puff sleeves that is giving me lots of style inspo for the season ahead.
    Katharina Fuchs, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
  • While volcanoes steadily puff the stuff into the air and oceans, the rate at which this happens has subtly changed over millions of years in the course of a grand planetary tectonic ballet.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Our elders know how to make tools and sealskin pants the right way.
    Jennie Punter, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Howard’s best comedies have a light, almost effortless touch, but this one is panting and gasping essentially from the opening frames.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The hugs stop and the arguments, the phone obsession, and the huffing cold shoulder starts.
    Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2025
  • Fellow porters huffing their way up a hillside; the stars twinkling above the desert sand; the layered waves of Caroline Polachek’s staggeringly beautiful title song cresting over the horizon at just the right moment.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • Oysters inspired the researchers because of their remarkable ability to attach to rocks, bridge pilings, or even each other in the harsh underwater environment.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Odighizuwa said watching his mother’s struggles and strength inspired him to want to help others in the same situation.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Suspire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspire. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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