5
sighing(hint, word, rumor)
4
blubber(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
4
complain(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
4
hunger(verb, break, fail, desire, fancy)
4
pine for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, desire, miss)
4
agonize(verb, worry, desire, sorrow, want)
4
crave(verb, desire, fancy, think, want)
4
exhalation(noun, moan)
4
heave(verb, puff, lamentation, pant)
4
respire(verb, breathe, moan, groan, inhale)
4
sniff(noun, verb, cry, complain, fret)
4
sniffle(verb, lament)
4
snuffle(verb, smell, lament, sniff)
4
wheeze(verb, puff, breathe, moan, groan)
3
itch(verb, desire, want, miss, crave)
3
susurration(noun, hint, word, rumor, sounds)
3
breathing
3
exhale(verb, breathe, moan, groan, inhale)
3
fret(verb, consider, worry, desire, sorrow)
3
growl
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