The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SIGHS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SIGHS
- Dope, we hear, groans dejectedly
- Upset quiet soldier’s expressions of dejection
- Expressions of despair in sound volume
- Sounds of relief of audible dimensions
- Expressing mass expressions of sadness
- Expresses dismay with the pronounced degree of corpulence
- Voiced small, medium, or large sounds of resignation
- Sounds exasperated by announced dimensions
- Medium, for example, expressed laments
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The straight part
We know that "expressions of sadness" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case expressions of sadness = sighs.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SIGHS mean?
SIGHS noun- A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
- Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
- A person who is bored.
- To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
- To lament; to grieve.
- To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
- To make a sound like sighing.
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.