heave a sigh of relief
Example Sentences
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Sierra Canyon High fans can heave a sigh of relief after the Southern Section included the Trailblazers among eight teams selected for the Open Division boys’ basketball playoffs on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023
If you live in a city, you might heave a sigh of relief.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2022
Not until the prime minister approves a candidate, and the outgoing general passes a bamboo baton to his successor, does the nation heave a sigh of relief.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022
It is too early yet to heave a sigh of relief.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2017
I heave a sigh of relief sometimes at the thought that I, at any rate, found a husband before the present man-famine began.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
