sighful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- sighfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of sighful
Example Sentences
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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.
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This made her poutish and reproachfully silent to Elizabeth, and sighful and whimsical to herself.
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"Farewell!" he murmurs, then exits R. U. "Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.
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"Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.
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The music was faint and sweet, with the sighful quality of an Æolian harp.
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