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sighed

verb as in breathe out heavily

verb as in long for

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Example Sentences

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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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sighed, such as: moan, sob, groan, whisper, cry, and whistle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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