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Example sentences for "she sighed"

  • It seems as if it never will get done," she sighed, dropping it from her fingers.

  • Oh, dear," she sighed, "that is what I ask myself every day.

  • I don't know what to make of her," she sighed.

  • I never shall be concentrated," she sighed.

  • She sighed a little for the old Hollis who was not quite so wise.

  • Very well, then," she sighed, "I cannot help mine either.

  • Oh," she sighed longingly, "if I could only see Allan Scoville!

  • Well," she sighed at last, with a grim sort of humor; "I must do the best I can.

  • She sighed: "It is indeed 'large and vague.

  • With a sudden longing which indicated that the wish came direct from from her heart, she sighed: "What would I not give to see him look at me with that expression on his face!

  • Oh, it's too good to last," she sighed, as her heart fairly ached with its excess of joy.

  • I am sure that he has already done so, if you have asked with your heart, and for Jesus' sake.

  • The worst of it is, that she manages to make me appear so unamiable and unattractive in my husband's eyes," she sighed to herself.

  • Yes," she sighed, glancing round from side to side with a melancholy expression of countenance quite unusual with her.

  • She sighed, added a touch of herbs to the soup.

  • She sighed, paused as though uncertain how to continue.

  • She sighed--knowing it would; yet longing to be worthy of him.

  • And goodness knows I'm willing to help you," she sighed, returning his pressure.

  • Comfy," she sighed, wishing discreet warnings at the bottom of the sea.

  • She sighed thankfully, half way through the breakfast with Skepsey, at sight of the hour by the clock; she was hurriedly sentient of the puzzle of her feelings, when she guessed at a chance that Dudley would be delayed.

  • She sighed downright: 'I have had my dream of a friend!

  • She sighed deeply; and to count on something helpful by mentioning it, reverted to the 'prospect' which there appeared to be.

  • Dear," she sighed, "it worries me so to hear you talk like that.

  • It has been completely unsuccessful," she sighed.

  • If I had a looking-glass and a few more hairpins, I should be perfectly happy," she sighed.

  • I spent the whole of my time making enquiries," she sighed, "and every one was fruitless.

  • She sighed deeply, still gazing at the temple.

  • Even now--she sighed; a great weariness possessed her.

  • She sighed as she got up from her writing-table.

  • Her eyes turned away from him; she sighed softly to herself.

  • Instead of attempting to defend herself, she sighed wearily, and said, "I had no money; I walked all the way here.

  • I wish I could have an office and live in it and telegraph things to people," she sighed, and laughed again most adorably at her own childishness.

  • She sighed, and tried to cover the sigh with a laugh--which was not, however, a great success.

  • She sighed, tucked a chocolate into her cheek, and went scowling to the table.

  • She sighed, stood upon her tiptoes, and peered out over the sage to get her bearings, then started on at a hazard.

  • She sighed, wished him luck, and we proceeded to dine.

  • She sighed, and after a moment's pause, replied, "Yes.

  • She sighed a little as she rose and followed him along the narrow path, where the rose-bushes brushed against her skirt, and the air was fragrant with lavender.

  • She sighed gently, and her eyes flashed her regrets.

  • She sighed, and smiled, and sighed again.

  • As she plodded off to find his place, she sighed, "Oh, dear!

  • She sighed as she looked at the bare brown earth of the large space that she purposed for strawberries, and work there and everywhere seemed repulsive.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    figurative language; long sigh; she broke; she can; she concluded; she continued; she cried; she declared; she determined; she hath; she isn; she may; she observed; she remarked; she shall; she should; she stood before him; she walked; she would have liked; she wrote; shed blood; shell from; shell holes; shew himself; shew thyself; single block