sigh

Example Sentences

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Pointing at a calf lying motionless in a green field in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmer Igsahn Felix let out a heavy sigh.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"It looks like someone left it there, hopped off to whatever they were doing and never thought about the scooter again," he tells me with an exasperated sigh.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Late Thursday night, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial with a headline that read like a prescient sigh of relief: “The Embarrassing Truth About Tariffs.”

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

“It’s not fatal, but when it comes down to people’s careers, it is,” Mustaine says with a resigned sigh.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

It’s only when we’ve reached home that he lets out a heavy sigh, the kind that whooshes dust off the dashboard.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila