suspire

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspire
Verb
  • The audience gasped at the first snippet, a soundless rendering of the moment when the vampire Remmick first appears.
    Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Nope, not breathless, not gasping for air, not completely winded.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, there are other conditions that can present with allergy-like symptoms, and at high enough concentrations, even people without allergies will wheeze.
    Umair Irfan, Wired News, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Crappy Christmas lights blinked overhead, and a tiny pug wheezed on a rug by the register.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Or that the same suspect calmly tried to walk away from a crash, puffing on a cigarette, despite being surrounded by deputies.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Now, watching the group pare back its aims and puff up its progress, some of its allies have grown doubtful about both.
    David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • These are stretchy, waterproof pants any woman will love.
    Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The poor fell ow was panting like a bereaved porpoise and holding both hands over his heart.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Or flesh—notice the tiny worker huffing up the steps in the top right.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Adding in a motor has made cargo bikes much more workable for those riders who would like the convenience and capacity of a cargo bike but have hesitated in the past due to their own physical condition and the prospect of huffing a cargo bike up hills or across town.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • May the light of Easter inspire efforts to promote harmony in the western Balkans and sustain political leaders in their efforts to allay tensions and crises, and, together with their partner countries in the region, to reject dangerous and destabilizing actions.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Scroll on and get inspired by these 18 beauties — and then come back tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22, to see who graces the cover of the 2025 World's Most Beautiful issue.
    Brittany Talarico, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Suspire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspire. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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