sighing
- present participle of sigh.
Example Sentences
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Sighing, I walked over to the glass bowl glimmering on my coffee table.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021
Sighing, he adds: “But we all know this. It’s not big news.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2020
Sighing, Stillman confessed that he wished his were the only Austen of the decade.
From The New Yorker • May 19, 2016
Sighing with the resignation of someone who has also grappled his whole life with a first name that sounds like a last name, he complained about the mangling of the family name.
From New York Times • May 25, 2011
Sighing, I mark my place mid-sentence with a semicolon, tuck the pen and notebook under the quilt, and climb back into our bedroom.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
