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are sighing

  • present progressive of sigh.

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South Korean scientists are sighing with relief after a political compromise reversed some proposed cuts to research funding and even gave a small boost to basic research.

From Science Magazine Dec. 28, 2023

The autumn winds are sighing loud,   And wither'd leaves come flitting by, And slowly sails the gath'ring cloud,   Across the bleak November sky.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley

The Mississippi is frozen over still, with no signs of breaking up, and men, women, and children are sighing for sunshine and showers, and daisies and violets.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

In her heart green trees are sighing; Not of them hath pain bereft her, In the city, where we left her: "Bring," she said, "a hedgeside blossom!"

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

"They are glad of the war, and are sighing for spring; there is suffering in the encampments, though the winter is only beginning."

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk