sigh

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Verb

To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
- When she saw it wasn't damaged, she sighed with relief.
- He sighed. It was going to be a long night.
- He sighed over the lost opportunity.
To lament; to grieve.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
To make a sound like sighing.
- The wind sighed in the trees.
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.
- sigh a note and sing a note
- She sighed her relief when she found her missing toddler.
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
- "I guess I have no choice," she sighed.
- She sighed her frustrations.

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
a manifestation of grief; a lament.
A person who is bored.

An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.
- Sigh, I'm so bored at work today.

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