sigh

/sˈa‍ɪ/

/ˈsaɪ/

to sigh

MAIN VERB

to release a long deep breath that can be heard, to express sadness, tiredness, etc.

synonyms : suspire

an offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information)

utter with a sigh

Sigh

an utterance made by exhaling audibly

a sound like a person sighing

Examples

1. Mother clicked her tongue and sighed.

2. He sighed and said that misfortunes never come singly.

3. Her father sighed an said that a rolling stone gathers no moss.

4. "The whale just sighed."