sigh

Example Sentences

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We wanted pasta that stretched and sighed, casseroles that arrived bubbling and bronzed, soups that tasted like something rescued from memory and improved by adulthood.

From Salon

“Substitute teacher? No money,” he said with a sigh at one profile, though he perked up when he saw the guy listed his height as 6’2”.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was a sigh of relief, before reality set in.

From BBC

"Let's just get pizza back at the house," he sighed - the kids were getting cranky and needed a shower.

From BBC

On a recent Sunday, he and his mother, Alice, sighed while surveying what had been their house on Mendocino Street, about a mile west of Harris’ home.

From Los Angeles Times