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sighed
verb as in breathe out heavily
Example Sentences
I can’t be the only parent who quietly breathed a sigh of relief when we were told only one parent could attend sporting events, and no parents could watch practices.
It’s a new year, and considering what the last one was like it’s not surprising that so many of us are breathing a sigh of relief.
I always thought that when I get to Medicare age I’ll be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
All three of those teams can breathe a slight sigh of relief, though, because peaking toward the end of the regular season is not required for playoff success.
Investors are likely already breathing a sigh of relief that more aggressive policies, in their view, will be avoided.
When someone explained, she sighed: “I wish that all that would be over soon.”
Stittsworth sighed and gazed out the window, whereupon he noticed a male goat mounting a female goat with extreme vigor.
It was about, as James Bond once sighed to Dr. No, “world domination, the same old story.”
What is wanted is not the sacrifice of their money,” he sighed, “but of their pride.
That was the point in the article where I sighed a deep "thank you" to Prof. Gavison.
"It's always the way with them," sighed Miss Grains, who suffered from a complication of romantic tendency and very tight stays.
He sighed as he laid the papers on the table; for he thought the task would be a harder one than even his own immolation.
“Well, mistakes is humant,” sighed Sol, taking advantage of that universal absolution.
“Well, I hope he does,” sighed Sol, the sigh being breathed to give expression of what remained unspoken.
So with its completion, he wrapped it carefully, and sent it to a Chicago publisher, while he sighed with relief.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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