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to suspire
01
to draw air into and expel it from the lungs
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
suspire
3rd person singular
suspires
Present participle
suspiring
Past simple
suspired
Past participle
suspired
Examples
Humans suspire naturally as part of the respiratory cycle.
02
to let out a deep breath or sigh
Intransitive
Examples
She sighed and suspired, feeling the weight of the long day.
