Sigh
verb
To take in and let out a long, loud breath, often because of sadness, stress, or relief.
She sighed heavily after finishing the difficult math problem.
Often appears as...
- sigh deeply
- sigh with relief
noun
The act or sound of taking in and letting out a long, loud breath.
Her sigh of relief was obvious to everyone in the room.
Often appears as...
- a heavy sigh
- a deep sigh
verb
To seem to express something, like an emotion or desire.
The wind seemed to sigh through the trees.
Often appears as...
- sigh in the wind
- trees sigh
Usage tips
Poetic
verb
To take in and let out a long, loud breath, often because of sadness, stress, or relief.
She sighed heavily after finishing the difficult math problem.
Often appears as...
- sigh deeply
- sigh with relief
noun
The act or sound of taking in and letting out a long, loud breath.
Her sigh of relief was obvious to everyone in the room.
Often appears as...
- a heavy sigh
- a deep sigh
verb
To seem to express something, like an emotion or desire.
The wind seemed to sigh through the trees.
Often appears as...
- sigh in the wind
- trees sigh
Usage tips
Poetic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Indicator
Used to show emotions without words, like frustration or sadness.
Listening to the sad news, he could only sigh.
Pro Tip 2/3Response to Stress
Expresses stress, giving a physical response to an overwhelming situation.
Faced with the pile of work, she sighed.
Pro Tip 3/3Sign of Relief
Shows a release of tension or worry, often after resolution.
Once the danger passed, I couldn’t help but sigh with relief.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Indicator
Used to show emotions without words, like frustration or sadness.
Listening to the sad news, he could only sigh.
Pro Tip 2/3Response to Stress
Expresses stress, giving a physical response to an overwhelming situation.
Faced with the pile of work, she sighed.
Pro Tip 3/3Sign of Relief
Shows a release of tension or worry, often after resolution.
Once the danger passed, I couldn’t help but sigh with relief.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Indicator
Used to show emotions without words, like frustration or sadness.
Listening to the sad news, he could only sigh.
Pro Tip 2/3Response to Stress
Expresses stress, giving a physical response to an overwhelming situation.
Faced with the pile of work, she sighed.
Pro Tip 3/3Sign of Relief
Shows a release of tension or worry, often after resolution.
Once the danger passed, I couldn’t help but sigh with relief.
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Video examples
How to speak so that...
Would you all like to stand up for a moment? I'm going to show you the six vocal warm-up exercises that I do before every talk I ever do. Any time you're going to talk to anybody important, do these. First, arms up, deep breath in, and sigh out, ahhhhh, like that.
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Are Birds Modern-Day...
avian traits many ancient birds would also exhibit this mishmash of traits but eventually some of these avian dinosaurs evolved to have more recognizably bird-like characteristics one example is the sparrow sighs sonorous sentences
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Robert A. Belle: The...
to find meaning in life and feel valued. She sighed, and she set a goal for herself and her finances. Six months later, she called me to tell me she had saved a bunch of money by reducing her spending on shopping
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"All the World's a...
And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
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Young Lioness Saved from...
condition as long as I monitor it and and give them the information then they're happy with it so with a huge sigh of relief I got in the car and I noted out of there flipz gamble paid off but the lioness is
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A little-told tale of...
I want to give you a piece of advice, which if you follow it, will make you happy in life. When your husband reaches out to you, when he seizes a part of your body, sigh deeply and look at him lustily.
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The Art of Shaping a...
right to not respect that I don't think I think there are ways to create a bone sigh well but I don't know if there are ways to create a bone sigh right you always still have to fall back on the
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
sigh that is quite a very very important question and is one of the interesting questions so let me explain this in full the ostrich cycle of the female has got
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Should “blackness”...
so anyways right sighs armed with what I know now I can't help but wonder what ro internalized blackness played and what stitches did to me and what he did to
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Letting Go With Lemurs -...
it's simply the gentle sigh of contentment we're reminded that we're not separate from the world around us and that each new breath offers us the
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How to speak so that...
Would you all like to stand up for a moment? I'm going to show you the six vocal warm-up exercises that I do before every talk I ever do. Any time you're going to talk to anybody important, do these. First, arms up, deep breath in, and sigh out, ahhhhh, like that.
Video examples
Are Birds Modern-Day...
avian traits many ancient birds would also exhibit this mishmash of traits but eventually some of these avian dinosaurs evolved to have more recognizably bird-like characteristics one example is the sparrow sighs sonorous sentences
Video examples
Robert A. Belle: The...
to find meaning in life and feel valued. She sighed, and she set a goal for herself and her finances. Six months later, she called me to tell me she had saved a bunch of money by reducing her spending on shopping
Video examples
"All the World's a...
And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Video examples
Young Lioness Saved from...
condition as long as I monitor it and and give them the information then they're happy with it so with a huge sigh of relief I got in the car and I noted out of there flipz gamble paid off but the lioness is
Video examples
A little-told tale of...
I want to give you a piece of advice, which if you follow it, will make you happy in life. When your husband reaches out to you, when he seizes a part of your body, sigh deeply and look at him lustily.
Video examples
The Art of Shaping a...
right to not respect that I don't think I think there are ways to create a bone sigh well but I don't know if there are ways to create a bone sigh right you always still have to fall back on the
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
sigh that is quite a very very important question and is one of the interesting questions so let me explain this in full the ostrich cycle of the female has got
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Should “blackness”...
so anyways right sighs armed with what I know now I can't help but wonder what ro internalized blackness played and what stitches did to me and what he did to
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Letting Go With Lemurs -...
it's simply the gentle sigh of contentment we're reminded that we're not separate from the world around us and that each new breath offers us the
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Quote examples
Rudolf Bing
Austrian Musician
There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.
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Katherine Waterston
British Actress
What's comforting about coming from a family of actors is I don't have to explain the struggle. I can just sigh to my sister, 'I had a bad one,' and she'll know exactly the profound audition humiliation I am describing.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
I remember my mom sitting at our kitchen table, paying bills with a small smile. She'd sigh and say, 'I'm so blessed to be able to pay these.' She knew it was about what you have.
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Margaret Trudeau
Canadian Author
Everywhere I go, particularly when there's people who know me or recognize me, I get the warmest hugs and happiest sighs full of hope and full of relief.
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David Chang
American Chef
Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep sighs about the price of just about everything.
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Edward Dyer
English Poet
True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; they hear and see, and sigh, and then they break.
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Sydney J. Harris
American Journalist
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear.
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Ben Hecht
American Writer
What better is there to sigh for than happiness, yesterday's or tomorrow's.
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Christina Rossetti
British Poet
And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.
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Rudolf Bing
Austrian Musician
There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.
Quote examples
Katherine Waterston
British Actress
What's comforting about coming from a family of actors is I don't have to explain the struggle. I can just sigh to my sister, 'I had a bad one,' and she'll know exactly the profound audition humiliation I am describing.
Quote examples
Faith Salie
American Journalist
I remember my mom sitting at our kitchen table, paying bills with a small smile. She'd sigh and say, 'I'm so blessed to be able to pay these.' She knew it was about what you have.
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Margaret Trudeau
Canadian Author
Everywhere I go, particularly when there's people who know me or recognize me, I get the warmest hugs and happiest sighs full of hope and full of relief.
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David Chang
American Chef
Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep sighs about the price of just about everything.
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Edward Dyer
English Poet
True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; they hear and see, and sigh, and then they break.
Quote examples
Sydney J. Harris
American Journalist
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear.
Quote examples
Ben Hecht
American Writer
What better is there to sigh for than happiness, yesterday's or tomorrow's.
Quote examples
Christina Rossetti
British Poet
And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.
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