Definition of sig
1. sigh [ v ] heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
Examples:
"She sighed sadly"
(San Francisco Chronicle...)
The gas_station man sighed unhappily .
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
' It 's just a bat ' said my wife reassuringly , and I sighed with relief .
(Wayne D. Overholser, The Killer Marshal....)
Jones sighed as if relieved .
(Clifford Irving, The Valley....)
Gavin sighed bitterly .
(Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)
Eugenia sighed .
Synonyms sigh suspire Related Terms breathe2. sigh [ n ] an utterance made by exhaling audibly
Used in print:(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)
And with each sigh , like a whip in the hand of an expert , the grass stripped something from Warren .
(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)
The things left unsaid they both felt deeply , and with a sigh they fell_back on the well stuffed pillows .
(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)
At the end of the room there was a desk heaped with papers , and she began to riffle these , making sighs and and noises of girlish exasperation .
(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)
Digby heaved a deep ethereal sigh .
(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)
One could hear a very faint , ladylike sigh of relief .
Synonyms sigh suspiration Related Terms utterance3. sigh [ v ] utter with a sigh
Used in print:(Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)
`` That 's Johnny '' , sighed the bank president , `` the best hearted boy in the world , but absent-minded '' .
Synonyms sigh Related Terms utter4. sigh [ n ] a sound like a person sighing
Examples:
"she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees"
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