I was still turned in my saddle, watching her face, and I saw it lighten at once, and something like a great sigh of relief seemed to come from the depths of her breast.
He listened almost breathlessly to my account of my interview with the Consul, and drew a great sigh of relief as I finished.
He stared at the house, two of the upper windows of which were lighted, and gave a great sigh, almost a groan.
When Gordon and James were in the buggy on the way home, Gordon all at once gave a great sigh, like that of a swimmer who yields to the force of the current, or the fighter who sinks before his opponent.
The doctor kissed her agreeably and, with a great sigh of relief, hurried from the door.
Sir,' Lascelles said, 'with a great sigh he gave me leave; for much he fears to have a hand in this matter.
A great sigh went up from his three hearers at Throckmorton's lie; and impassive as he was, Throckmorton sighed too, imperceptibly beneath the mantle of his beard.
With the same inflexible scowl and smile, he continued to look out for several minutes, and then with a great sigh, he sat down on the side of his bed, his face immovably turned towards me, with the same painful look.
With a great sigh I took Uncle Silas's letter, and went down stairs to the drawing-room.
With a great sigh, and yet with the tenseness gone from her eyes, she slowly drew the veil up again till only her eyes were visible.
His head dropped forward on his breast, and with a great sigh he sank into unconsciousness.
A great sigh of relief broke from her as she heard his door open and shut, and silence fell on everything, that palpable silence which seems to press upon the night-watcher with merciless, smothering weight.
Gibbie gave a great sigh to think of the girl that loved the hill and the heather and the burns, shut up in the city, and every Sunday going to the great church--with which in Gibbie's mind was associated no sound of glad tidings.
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