have been sighing
- present perfect progressive of sigh.
Example Sentences
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Now, you and our good friend Bluff here have been sighing for a chance to prove which one possesses the biggest lungs.
From The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island by Allen, Quincy
I am now enjoying what I have been sighing for ever since I started on my summer excursion, quietude and seclusion.
From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.
Would you leave the captivating Rollina in the lurch, and throw away the golden opportunity you have been sighing for for two months?
From Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 by Various
Why, we shall be envied of all our neighbors; and, Mamma, you have been sighing over our expenses, and wishing that Jimmy and I could support you.
From The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin by Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody)
Yet—what a fatality! to fear the very enjoyment of the family protection for which I have been sighing my whole life, lest I can enjoy it but by a crime!
From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
