sighed
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
An inflected form of sigh · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,691 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,759 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily also: suspire She sighed sadly
- utter with a sigh
sighed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The man sighed with a faraway patient look.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1
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He sighed and replaced his pipe in his mouth.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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His face clouded over for a minute, and he slightly sighed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Margaret sighed; Tom sniffed; Peg pursed up her lips and thought.
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 · Various · Chapter 1
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Mr. Stiles sighed, and said that he would do the best he could without it.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1