SIGH in a Sentence
Learn SIGH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
223 example sentences for SIGH, such as:
1. He bit back a sigh of impatience.
2. Weep no more , no sigh , nor groan.
3. The young cashier gave a patient sigh.
4. 'Yes, sir,' answered Timofeitch, with a sigh.
5. Ten thousand people roar a loud sigh as you are.
2. Weep no more , no sigh , nor groan.
3. The young cashier gave a patient sigh.
4. 'Yes, sir,' answered Timofeitch, with a sigh.
5. Ten thousand people roar a loud sigh as you are.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SIGH
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sigh
v. heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
v. utter with a sigh
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Not at all," replied Chichikov, pressing his hand; after which he heaved a profound sigh.
2 "Yes; no fewer than eighteen," responded the old lady with a sigh.
3 "In everything the will of God, madam," said Chichikov with a sigh.
4 Depositing his dispatch-box upon the table, he heaved a gentle sigh on becoming aware that he was so soaked with perspiration that he might almost have been dipped in a river.
5 Somehow he seemed to have taken offence at Chichikov's almost joyous exclamation; wherefore the guest hastened to heave a profound sigh, and to observe that he sympathised to the full with his host's misfortunes.
6 Then with a sigh the speaker added: "But nowadays there are no such men as he."
7 'Yes, brother; it's time, it seems, to order a coffin and cross one's arms on ones breast,' remarked Nikolai Petrovitch, with a sigh.
8 'Yes, sir,' answered Timofeitch, with a sigh.
9 Anna Sergyevna gave a deep sigh like one who has just climbed up a high mountain, and her face was lighted up by a smile.
10 "Let us go and have supper," he said with a sigh, going to the door.
11 And with a complacent sigh he would return to the drawing room.
12 "Yes, indeed," replied the princess with a sigh.
13 Then she shook her head and glanced up at the icons with a sigh.
14 "No, mon cousin," she added with a sigh, "I shall always remember that in this world one must expect no reward, that in this world there is neither honor nor justice."
15 "Yes, from Olmutz," he answered, with a sigh.
Example Sentence:
1 He bit back a sigh of impatience.
2 Weep no more , no sigh , nor groan.
3 The young cashier gave a patient sigh.
4 Ten thousand people roar a loud sigh as you are.
5 Nobody ever said anything for a while; then the young man hove a sigh and says: "Alas!"
6 Whenever Gigi and her boyfriend would sigh and get all lovey-dovey, her little brother would shout, "Yuck!" protesting their mawkish behavior.
7 It may harm him in some States like Pennsylvania, but other areas - notably Florida, which was facing retaliatory tariffs from EU - may breathe a quiet sigh of relief.
8 The pensive lover gazed at the portrait of his beloved and deeply sighed.
9 "Two days wrong!" sighed the Hatter, "I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!"
10 "What a pity it wouldn't stay!" sighed the Lory, as soon as it was quite out of sight.
11 Then a faint moan came sighing through the branches of the forest and the boys felt a fleeting breath upon their cheeks.
12 "Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing.
13 By sighing away for hours, she hoped to attract her family's attention to her suffering.