Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with sigh in American Collocation
sigh
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/saɪ/
loudly
deeply
heavily
Scully sighs heavily, and Mulder gently puts his hand to the side of her neck.
He was glad to see them all safe and sighed with relief.
quietly
gently
quietly
slightly
softly
Chris sighed softly, his eyes weighed down by sleep.
expressing annoyance, disappointment, or sadness
resignedly
sadly
wearily
Sighing wearily, Barbara agreed to work over the weekend in order to complete the job.