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

“She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,     And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns to his grave and weeps,     For her heart with her hero is lying.”

From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon

"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

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

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