am sighing
- present progressive of sigh (1st person singular).
Example Sentences
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Oh, lover mine, soul of my soul, For you I too am sighing.
From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean
Solitude makes a dreamer of me—I am sighing for my friends as a lover sighs for his sweetheart!
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
They are sending me to the north, at the time when I am sighing for solitude and repose.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
Run away, rude men, turn aside, Give place to our beautiful bride: From her sweet perfumes I am sighing, From the odor of musk I am dying.
From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)
"I am reading, madam," he answered, "of Helen of Troy, and I am sighing because she is dead."
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 by Various
