How to Use sigh in a Sentence

sigh

1 of 2 verb
  • The wind sighed through the trees.
  • He sighed with relief when he saw that he passed the test.
  • Affleck sighs and rolls her eyes.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Emma looked at the phone in his hand and sighed.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Cali sighed, too, then shouldered her bag.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Johnson sighed and rubbed a hand over her head in relief.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Sapphire sighed and kicked the covers down around our feet.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Widdle sighed, got up and moved to the other end of the couch.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 22 Jan. 2020
  • No subtle sighs about the laundry pile.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Another friend looked at the screen in his hand and sighed, deeply.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The dog licked my face, tilted his head, then sighed like a human.
    — Andrew Richdale, GQ, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The caseworker looked up and sighed.
    — CBS News, 14 Nov. 2025
  • But with each pitch, hit and play, the group clapped, cheered and sighed together.
    — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2017
  • The caller sighed, then said something that struck Schell as odd.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Kurzweil sighed, recalling the loss.
    — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • From that day forward, everyone sighed and said what a year.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But the people in these plays aren’t sighing and slumping.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Tursi sighed proudly, then agreed.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Rabbi Eli Schlanger leaned back in his chair, sighed and grinned like a kid.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Ronny sighed, shutting his eyes and crossing his arms.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Cali sighed, already pulling off toward the diner.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Tim Gallagher put his hand on a utility box in his back yard and sighed.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 1 June 2017
  • Jackson sighed when he was asked to relive that game Wednesday.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • That was the sound of us sighing over these perfect cinnamon rolls.
    — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • All those combat rules are there to encourage players to not just sigh and roll to hit.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The song is a bouncy bop of a tune with a sighing ’50s chorus.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Cali gave her friend a look before sighing and pulling off I-10.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Magdalena sighed and pulled the comforter off the bed, dropping it in a heap on the floor.
    — Stephanie Green, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
  • Rothbauer, the bartender, sighs.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Twice thwarted, Beth sighs, says yes, and gets on with the business of living.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026

sigh

2 of 2 noun
  • The whales emerged with heavy sighs just a few yards away.
    — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Take a deep breath and let it out in a huge, long, slow sigh.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And that was such a sigh of relief to me.
    — Regina Kim, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
  • There was a sigh on the other end of the phone.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Jeffries steepled his hands and let out a small sigh.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Bushman closed her eyes and let out a big sigh sealed with a smile.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • My new friend looked toward the sky and let out a long and deep sigh.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Letting out a heavy sigh is also a sign.
    — Juli Fraga, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • So that was a real sigh of relief when that all worked out.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • One massive sigh of relief, at least for now.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • Burnett cackled and let out a showy sigh.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The markets breathed a big sigh of relief.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Its revival might prompt a sigh of relief.
    — Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Accept it, with an inward sigh, as part of the deal?
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • So yes everyone can breath a sigh.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
  • There was a thudding of feet on the stairs and a long sigh as someone came down.
    — Thomas Korsgaard, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Those faces tell you everything—the soft wince, the shake of the head, the sigh.
    — wsj.com, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Sometimes a woman need say nothing at all but let out a long, deep sigh.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
  • Butker had his game-winner, and a sigh of relief.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
  • So start each day with a list of gratitude and end each day with a sigh of relief.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Those were moments where that felt like a really big sigh; like a huge breath out.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Sometimes there’s reason to breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
  • There’s one that gives me a massive sigh of relief of being now at a ready-to-wear brand.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Now, local providers are breathing sighs of relief.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
  • News of the arrest came as a sigh of relief to Gershon.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • With a sigh, the German lady picks up her bags and waddles away.
    — Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • That kind of play no doubt caused McVay to breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Customers sweating over a lack of lashing points can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022
  • None of these men lived to see 35, and Bridges lets out a heavy sigh at the mention.
    — Gerrick Kennedy, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The sound of the cork releasing from the bottle should be more of a sigh than cannon fire.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2022

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