To have shouted or screamed, typically to express negative emotions
“For those who sigh wearily at this impossible aspiration, there are other solutions.”
Past tense for to emit a (typically long and deep) audible breath
“She heard him sigh, and then sigh again, and each time wondered if it would turn out to be his death.”
Past tense for to make a rustling or murmuring sound
“The heat is not too oppressive because of the breezes that sigh in from the cool, sparkling Atlantic waters of Table Bay.”
Past tense for to feel a deep yearning for (someone or something lost, unattainable, or distant)
“He also continued to sigh for the simple antique attitudes of the emotions in their liberty.”
Past tense for to feel or express emotional or mental anguish
“Thinking back to the time when they had known each other in Yunzhou, he could not help but sigh about the fickleness of the world.”
Past tense for to be constantly or visibly anxious
Past tense for to complain or grumble
Past tense for to make a continuous low humming sound
Past tense for to gasp or utter with effort
Past tense for to audibly cry, wail, or moan from deep sorrow or anguish
Past tense for to fret or worry deeply about something
Past tense for to indulge in fantasies about something desired
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