sigh
Example Sentences
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Sobs could be heard at the back of the public gallery, while Nowak's family let out a sigh and hugged as they left the room.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
I asked a minister what would happen if the so-called King of the North didn't win - their answer was best described as a painful sigh.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
“Oh, yes, the boring religious one,” a friend said with something of a sigh, asked if she had any better recollection than I about Mary Bennet, the middle child in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
He does not know what he will do for childcare, he said with a sigh.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Then with a sigh she let out the breath, set the glass on the sideboard, and sat down.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing sigh
"The Road Not Taken"
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"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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"The House on Mango Street" and "The Road Not Taken"
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