sigh
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"I just want him to stay out of my way forever," she says, with a sigh of despair.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But its predecessor was "unique", he said with a sigh.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Americans might breathe a sigh of relief with prices for gasoline down a bit from last week, but eventually they could pay a premium on the goods shipped to their homes or local grocery stores.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Homeowners and renters alike breathed a sigh of relief in June as inflation cooled to 3.5%,” said Rebecca Kaufman, associate director of commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Owen breathed a sigh of relief, for him and George and for Nanuq.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Coventry City: You could hear the sighs of relief in the away end at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In their small living room, his mother sighs: "He still has nightmares at night, and I am getting weaker day by day."
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Inevitably the streak ends and everyone sighs, reflects and returns to work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“User sighs at 9:15 p.m. AI is listening from a smart home device and logs it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Okay, let’s swap out the bags,” Mama sighs.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
The woman sighed, tapped her screen with a fingernail and said, “It’s right there.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Every day we have to sign a petition to save our country, save the nature, save the city,” she sighed as we sat down.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
"This is worse than my teenagers at dinner," she sighed.
From Barron's ● May 5, 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
Her great-aunt looked at Mal as she came into the kitchen and sighed.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
But if you were in that meadow with hundreds of happy people sighing out every “ah-ah” in unison, you would have quickly picked up that refrain and maybe even joined the chorus.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Unfortunately for Pep Guardiola's side, City's defensive display will have had those same rivals sighing with relief.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 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
When we broached the issue recently, she told me, sighing: “I suffer from CRS.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
Mom has her hands behind her head, staring at the ceiling, and I can hear her sighing, sighing.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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