Sighs


sigh

P0631750 (sī)v. sighed, sigh·ing, sighs v.intr.1. a. To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.b. To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.2. To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.v.tr.1. To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.2. Archaic To lament.n. The act or sound of sighing.
[Middle English sighen, probably back-formation from sighte, past tense of siken, to sigh, from Old English sīcan.]
sigh′er n.

Sighs

 

See Also: GROANS AND WHISPERS

  1. A collective sigh, like an escaping jet of steam —Robert Traver
  2. Gave a deep sigh, like pain was a habit —Cornell Woolrich
  3. Releasing a muffled sigh like a baby animal with a full belly —Kenzaburo Oë
  4. Sighed, a rustling sound like wandering autumn leaves —Derek Lambert
  5. Sighed like a long-suffering teacher —Ramsey Campbell
  6. Sighed like a pair of bellows —William McIlvanney
  7. Sighed like a poet in love —Beryl Markham
  8. Sighed once with relief … like a low note on a bagpipe —Sue Grafton
  9. Sighed with pain, as if a knife had twisted deep inside —Louise Erdrich
  10. Sighing, like a bagpipe’s dying breath —Patrick White
  11. Sighing like a punctured tire —Guy Bolton
  12. Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain —Stephen Foster

    This is a line from the song, “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” which begins with yet another simile: “I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair, borne like a vapor on the summer air.”

  13. Sigh like some sweet plaintive melody —William Motherwell
  14. A sigh of relief escaped his lips like a long-needed crap —John Lennon
  15. Sighs as if a mountain lay on her chest —Cora Sandel
  16. Sigh … tender and enchanting, like the wind outside a wood in the evening —Virginia Woolf
  17. A sigh that was like a gust of sand raised and dropped suddenly by the wind —Flannery O’Connor