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

It is too early yet to heave a sigh of relief.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2017

Will we heave a sigh of relief, or shriek in horror?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2016

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