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  • n  an utterance made by exhaling audibly
  • n  a sound like a person sighing
    she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees
  • v  heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
    She sighed sadly
  • v  utter with a sigh

  • He stirred his magically around with a finger, taking a long sigh in and a long sigh out.
  • A collective sigh of disappointment could be heard in bars and homes around Uganda seconds after Maureen Namatovu, the Ugandan contestant on the reality-TV program Big Brother .
  • You could almost hear the collective generational sigh of relief in 1970 when Blume published this groundbreaking, taboo-trampling young adult novel: finally, a book that talks .
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  • Mohamed ElBaradei in Guardian Unlimited
    Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, called the report a "sigh of relief" Wednesday because its conclusions also jibe with the agency's own findings.
  • Michael Steele in BusinessWeek
    On Wednesday, Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele said Americans were breathing "a sigh of relief" over the potential derailing of the health care bill. "People across the country are saying, 'Slow it down,' Steele said Wednesday."
  • Tom Glavine in SportingNews.com
    I anticipate a sigh of relief,Glavine said.

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