How to Use breathe a sigh of relief in a Sentence

breathe a sigh of relief

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  • In the end, both Marvel and DC can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 27 July 2025
  • The New York Yankees can breathe a sigh of relief, for now at least.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • That kind of play no doubt caused McVay to breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Well, breathe a sigh of relief that that didn’t happen.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Troy Weaver and the Detroit Pistons can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2023
  • For the first time all season, the Bengals were able to look up at the scoreboard and breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Only then do the team members breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Sira Thierij, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2023
  • That means Wall Street can breathe a sigh of relief as no 2008-style collapse looks to be on the cards - for now, at least.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • At that point, everyone was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • For now, climbers who want to film their own adventures can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Sam MacIlwaine, Outside Online, 11 May 2025
  • The nation can breathe a sigh of relief with Hamlin back to breathing on his own.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Genting Group was always a long shot but the incumbents will breathe a sigh of relief now.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Those worried about the future of the Red River Showdown can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Dallas News, 20 June 2022
  • Christians, Jews and omelet fans can all breathe a sigh of relief as egg prices have dropped, at least a little bit.
    — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
  • That's when Helm will finally breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2021
  • UConn fans can get this one out of the way and breathe a sigh of relief: All is good with Bueckers, who missed 19 games with a knee injury.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2022
  • Having completed the two-games-in-six-days road tour to open the season, U of L can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2022
  • If by some miracle in comes in less than that, investors can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 18 July 2022
  • Customers sweating over a lack of lashing points can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Novavax can finally breathe a sigh of relief – at least a small one.
    — Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 20 May 2025
  • The Portland Thorns can breathe a sigh of relief with Sophia Smith’s injury not as serious as some feared.
    — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Pies and Cakes Pies and cakes are cleared for take-off as well, so holiday travelers can breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
  • Investors worried that bank turmoil will drag down muni prices have so far been able to breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The community can now breathe a sigh of relief, Scheerer said.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 15 June 2025
  • But for once, Jets fans, coaches, players and staff can breathe a sigh of relief and say to themselves: crisis averted.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 25 July 2025
  • Those in support of the monuments, can now breathe a sigh of relief after winning what may have seemed like a race against the clock to protect these lands.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Can investors finally breathe a sigh of relief?
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This way Les Snead can breathe a sigh of relief and then get to work on shoring up the secondary.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
  • As football fans prepare for the biggest Sunday of the year, hosts can breathe a sigh of relief regarding the menu.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Boston-area can breathe a sigh of relief after last week’s whopper.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2026

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