Example Sentences

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Mr. Douglas had reminded her, she said, that Mr. Tyminski was a heavy sigher.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2011

As Pavarotti -- a great sigher -- sighs, "In four years, if we're still alive, we will probably do it again."

From Time Magazine Archive

From being a tireless leader of revels, he became a mooner in secret places, a melancholy sigher in the wardroom.

From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

"Say," said Stephen, "sweetest sigher; Say, shall Stephen spouseless stay?"

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Hope for the best—that you and she mayn't quarrel, and that she mayn't prove a sigher.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William