sigh
verb (used without object)
to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
has sighed
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present perfectof sigh (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For every woman who has told me about their perimenopausal life, another younger woman has sighed to me that they can’t wait.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2019
But now, even Secretary of State John Kerry, the eternal optimist of diplomacy, has sighed and doused the flame.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2016
Each time the President has set up a big new agency, most of the citizenry has sighed a whoosh of relief and gone off about their business.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Poor Mexico," many a Mexican has sighed, "so far from God, so near the United States."
From Time Magazine Archive
Everyone who has enjoyed the light and graceful poetry of Ovid, has sighed over the relegation of that city man to the barbarous horrors of the Black Sea.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
