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sigh
verb as in breathe out heavily
Example Sentences
During royal scandals, "you breathe a sigh of relief as you guys - the media - go crackers over something else," a former No 10 official told me.
Most of the time, I find one that does the job handily, but on a recent trip, I sighed with happiness when my head hit my chosen pillow.
At times he sighed and looked up at the ceiling, appearing pained.
With control of the number back in Del Orbe’s hands, advocates of problem gambling prevention in New Mexico are breathing a sigh of relief.
“The babies’ breathing,” he writes, “was impetuous, nervous, uneven, but the mothers’ slow worldly sighs, forceful and vaguely wise, got to me, straight to the heart.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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