suspire
Americanverb (used without object)
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to sigh.
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to breathe.
verb (used with object)
verb
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to sigh or utter with a sigh; yearn
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(intr) to breathe; respire
Other Word Forms
- suspiration noun
Etymology
Origin of suspire
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin suspīrāre, equivalent to su- su- + spīrāre to breathe
Example Sentences
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But at four o'clock there was a rim, A circled edge of rainbow color Which suspired, widened and narrowed under your gaze: It was the phantasy of straining eyes, Or land—and it was land.
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Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The Artist poor to Calendars aspires, But of the Stuff the Publisher puts out Most in the Paper Basket soon suspires.
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As he jumped, the girl, Alexa, started, and a cry escaped her parted lips; it was a sigh rather than an exclamation, the voice of a crushed flower suspiring its last vital breath.
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"But times are bad!" he would suspire in moments of depression.
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He suspired exhaustively in the still, strong heat, and took possession of the scene with commanding, intolerant eyes.
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