sigh
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She’s a perfectionist at heart, something I remember with a sigh when I help her hang a picture or center a vase of flowers on her table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hillman, from Hepi, said while universities were likely to be "breathing a sigh of relief" over the high student numbers, the true picture would only become clear once the new term begins.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
That sound you hear is the sigh coming from those disappointed at the consumer-price index increase of a mere 0.1% in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We breathed a sigh of relief. God guided us," Islam said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
He stood and squinted against the rain, then let out a sigh of relief when he spotted a pinpoint of light much farther away than it should have been.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Lorraine Ali acknowledges the front-runners, but sighs, “My perfect-universe picks? ‘
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
"I can't imagine how helpless people must have been," she said between heavy sighs, adding: "I really regret that I didn't knock on a single door."
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
But instead of taking a sorrowful approach, nearly all of the tracks were upbeat and felt more like elated sighs of relief rather than regret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
In the film’s slightly alternate reality, Charli sighs and goes along with what everyone else is telling her to do, simply because she’s never found herself in this position before.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
Scoob returns the note to the table and stares at the vast concrete wasteland surrounding the RV and sighs.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
"This is worse than my teenagers at dinner," she sighed.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
"The last attack of the game," he sighed afterwards.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The student body collectively sighed “Alas, this too,” but then mobbed the dorms anyway, cheering and hugging fearlessly with unmasked smiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
“Paddington — so cute,” Cumming sighed as he departed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
Anastasia sighed and frowned and scrunched her face up.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
But they couldn’t do that, one doctor said apologetically, sighing deeply.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Another seemingly innocuous cartoon shows a man at his desk sighing, "My train of thought has derailed."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
“I’ve been laid off before,” Dave told me, sighing as he acknowledged that periods of looking for work are part of having a career.
From Slate ● May 20, 2025
Nadon’s sighing shoulders lead her on a path of self-discovery that she fills in with lustrous details.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
“I’m starting to wish I didn’t,” I say, sighing, and Isabella laughs at that.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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