Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breathe a sigh of relief

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: breathe a sigh of re-lief
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to be relieved; to feel relief.

Example Sentences

"And the home fans breathed a huge sigh of relief barely two minutes later when Andros Townsend's cross was finished by Defoe."

Inflected Forms

breathes a sigh of relief (present, singular) breathing a sigh of relief (participle, present) breathed a sigh of relief (participle, past) breathed a sigh of relief (past)

Questions

What does breathe a sigh of relief mean?: to be relieved; to feel relief.

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