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Recent Examples of sough
Although the foundations of rooms remained, like lines of an architectural drawing expressed by pebbles laid end to end, only the chimney still loomed against that hill of dead leaves and leafless trees, while traffic soughed indifferently below.
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William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sough
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Wilson gave form to that ache, sculpting it into songs where dogs barked and flutes sighed, and voices piled on top of each other like waves crashing into memory.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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Breathing in and sighing out slowly for longer than your in breath with an open mouth can activate the vagus nerve, a crucial component of the parasympathetic nervous system.—
Paul McClure
May 24,
New Atlas,
24 May 2025
Verb
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According to the GoFundMe, Renna was pronounced brain dead after purposely breathing in the cleaning spray.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The life Jack breathed into ‘Coming of Age’ took it into a new world.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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“Sough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sough. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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