sighful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- sighfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of sighful
Example Sentences
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"Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
The music was faint and sweet, with the sighful quality of an Æolian harp.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
The bouncing parts make my feet twitch to dance, but the sighful, wind-in-the-willow parts make me want to just lean back and close my eyes.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
"Farewell!" he murmurs, then exits R. U. "Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
So was I in unholy plight, when, whereas I lay sighful and distressed, there dawned upon my sight one beyond all beauty beautiful.
From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery
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