Sighed

Examples

• The wind sighed low in the firs: all was moorland loneliness and midnight hush. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I'm better now, she sighed, looking up at me quietly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Elinor sighed over the fancied necessity of this; but to a man and a soldier she presumed not to censure it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• No sleep was there: the inmate was walking restlessly from wall to wall; and again and again he sighed while I listened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Pleasant, pleasant country,' sighed the enthusiastic gentleman, as he opened his lattice window. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mrs. Clements sighed and shook her head doubtfully. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I've lost my dearest friend, sighed Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She only sighed, and kissed Miss Halcombe's hand as it lay on the counterpane. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. Fisher sighed evasively. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Margaret sighed, as if standing on the verge of some new horror. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She sighed to think what her mother's fierce energies would have accomplished, had they been coupled with Mrs. Peniston's resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Then sighed; and saying, 'I knew you would like it,' he turned away, and never spoke to her again until he bid her a formal 'good night. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Sergeant Cuff, after considering a minute, sighed, and shook his head. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She sighed bitterly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Here Mr. Trotter sighed deeply. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Fairlie shook his head and sighed piteously. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She sighed as she rose up to go to bed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Mrs. Thornton sighed, 'I will be a true friend, if circumstances require it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Marianne sighed, and repeated, I wish for no change. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• But Mrs. Shaw said that her only child should marry for love,--and sighed emphatically, as if love had not been her motive for marrying the General. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She never _will_ behave like a young lady, sighed Meg, as she watched the race with a disapproving face. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The boy sighed deeply, and, bestowing an ardent gaze upon its plumpness, unwillingly consigned it to his master. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mrs. van der Luyden paused, sighed, and glanced at her husband. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Mrs. Badger shook her head, sighed, and looked in the glass. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He inwardly sighed and felt it necessary to unmask his second argument. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Yes, I fear we are cooling--I see it as well as you, she sighed mournfully. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There are things about her so singular; she isn't like me, now, a particle; and Marie sighed, as if this was a truly melancholy consideration. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mrs. Skimpole sighed, I thought, as if she would have been glad to strike out this item in the family attainments. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Rochester turned mechanically to _see_ what the commotion was: but as he _saw_ nothing, he returned and sighed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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