0 to breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure, etc.: --
2 to breathe out a deep breath that can be heard, esp. because you are tired, sad, pleased, or bored: --
3 the sound of someone taking a deep breath: --
You could hear an occasional sigh from the crowd.
How they must have sighed with relief when the second day's returns came in.
I am caught in a crossfire of sighs.
In fact, the reverse happened: there were sighs of relief from most people.
I do not believe that the people of this country, if they sighed at all, sighed for any of those reasons.
Deep sighs of relief were heaved on that side of the table.
I prefer that noise to be described as a silent gesture of incredulity rather than a sighing noise.
He sighed as a lover and obeyed as a son.
In the course of the presentation he sighed.