sigh
verb (used without object)
to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
are sighing
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present progressiveof sigh.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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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 winds are sighing; the earth is bare and naked; no vestige of a fresh and coming life can yet be seen.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
On Leman's breast the winds are sighing; All is silent in the grove; And the flow'rs, with dew-drops glist'ning, Sparkle like the eye of love.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
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
British surgeons are sighing for the clean dust of the Boer war of South Africa, although they cursed it at the time.
From Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart
