Example Sentences

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He spoke very softly, as if he were sighing.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

While we were sighing over the setting, Pontus was deep into cooking.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019

Dennis was born almost two years ago, when the Ketchams were sighing over their own Dennis, aged 4�, and Mrs. Ketcham remarked, "Dennis is a menace."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was dark and Merry could see nothing as he lay on the ground rolled in a blanket; yet though the night was airless and windless, all about him hidden trees were sighing softly.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The books in my father’s shed were sighing.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer