sigh
verb (used without object)
to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
am sighing
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present progressiveof sigh (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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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 Thomas Campbell
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 Mrs. Chapman Coleman
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 Charles S. (Charles Seymour) Robinson
"I am sighing, my love, because I remember."
From Wood Magic A Fable by Richard Jefferies
Oh, lover mine, soul of my soul, For you I too am sighing.
From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by William Dean Howells
