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sigh

[sahy]

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verb (used without object)

to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.

to yearn or long; pine.

to make a sound suggesting a sigh: sighing wind.

verb (used with object)

to express or utter with a sigh.

to lament with sighing.

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noun

the act or sound of sighing.

Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English sighen, back formation from sihte sighed, past tense of Middle English siken, sichen, Old English sīcan to sigh; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

Related forms

sigh·er, noun

out·sigh, verb (used with object)

un·sigh·ing, adjective

Can be confused: 1. side, sighed; 2. sighs, size (see synonym note at size¹).

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Example Sentences

At long last, summer has breathed a warm sigh of relief, signaling that the season's customary activities can officially begin.

April should bring a sigh of relief to seniors with college acceptances in hand.

The city heaved a collective sigh of relief-but it has been coughing ever since.

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At long last, summer has breathed a warm sigh of relief, signaling that the season's customary activities can officially begin.

April should bring a sigh of relief to seniors with college acceptances in hand.

The city heaved a collective sigh of relief-but it has been coughing ever since.

Discuss the degree to which the students are in agreement about what the gestures and sigh meant to them.

The measurements are right on, and the group heaves a collective sigh of relief.

My husband favored me with a sigh suggesting that the family had long noted my derangement.

It's tough work, his sigh seems to say, but someone's got to do it.

Those already feeling buried under their unanswered e-mail gave a collective sigh of relief upon hearing this explanation.

Yet far from heaving a sigh of relief, investors are nervous.

The group gives a collective sigh of delight, wonder, and a pinch of relief.

The entire camp let out a sigh when the last survey flight landed.

The life-filled open spaciousness of this and the grounded earthiness of it make me sigh.

If that happens, astronomers around the world will breathe a sigh of relief.

Academics welcome summer with a collective sigh of relief.

Straying spouses around the country breathed a sigh of relief.

Fall is a time when kids crack open the books and parents take a sigh of relief that summer vacation is over.

All you get is energy independence, clean air and water and a sigh of relief.

African relatives each picked up a bite-sized flake of something reddish-brown, savoring it on their tongue with a sigh.

His death is not something to rejoice in, but it can give a sigh of relief.

His departure induced in us all a collective sigh of relief.

As often as not, it's easiest to give in-and a collective sigh of relief swells through the shop.

Some might sigh over the intrusion of the modern world.

Sigh this is boring i have thr movie of it at my house.

Many of the world's established carmakers are breathing a collective sigh of relief.

But when the effect appeared modest, economists heaved a sigh of relief and moved on.

Sigh, sigh and sighfor the ordinary people of the region.

Studio executives breathed a sigh of relief that the strike was over.

There was a collective sigh of relief when the brothers were later released.

The battle over who owns the film is likely to give suspected downloaders a sigh of relief, albeit a brief one.

When she stops, the other joggers breathe a sigh of relief.

Expect this noxious sigh about three hours after death.

So little can here be done that the beginning must be a sigh at this compulsoryfbrevity.

Then, everyone breathes a collective sigh of relief.

People in the industry tend to sigh at the mention of their names.

AS the taxi drivers cavort about town they don't sigh for the good old days.

When it comes to matters of state, these poems only comment and sigh from the sidelines.

Wow, a huge sigh of relief escaped my body, because this was a sure sign that the animal was comfortable with my presence.

There's an old joke about three middle-aged women who meet for lunch, then sit in silence until one of them heaves a huge sigh.

Australians may now sigh with relief that a new government is soon to be.

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World English Dictionary

sigh (saɪ)

—vb (often foll by for)
1.	(intr) to draw in and exhale audibly a deep breath as an expression of weariness, despair, relief, etc
2.	(intr) to make a sound resembling this: trees sighing in the wind
3.	to yearn, long, or pine
4.	(tr) to utter or express with sighing

—n
5.	the act or sound of sighing

[Old English sīcan, of obscure origin]

'sigher

—n

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Word Origin & History

sigh

c.1300 (n. and v.), probably a back-formation from sighte, past tense of O.E. sican "to sigh," perhaps echoic of the sound of sighing.

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