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Example sentences for "slight sigh"

  • I smothered a slight sigh, and was about to speak, when she came up to me and laid her two hands on my shoulders.

  • You and papa are very kind,” returned Grace, with a slight sigh of relief.

  • Ah, no; not just now,” Violet answered with a slight sigh, for she loved Max and missed his cheery presence in the house.

  • But I guess folks think Elsie and I have grown too old for such things," he added in a tone of melancholy resignation and with a slight sigh.

  • She ended with a slight sigh, thinking of the dear father who had been so long in the better land.

  • Ah, I hope neither trial may ever be appointed him," said Grandma Elsie, low and softly, ending with a slight sigh.

  • I take thy blue eyes and low broad brow," said Montreal, with a slight sigh, "in pledge of thy truth.

  • Ay, I have not yet survived all my youth," answered Montreal, with a slight sigh.

  • Her husband glanced at her face; then, with a slight sigh, he pushed his supper aside.

  • He made none, however; and Anne, with a slight sigh, left him alone.

  • He rose from his seat with a slight sigh.

  • She looked long and wistfully after the stately form of the knight of Liebenstein, and then, with a slight sigh, she turned to Otho, "This is the last time we shall meet on earth.

  • She swallowed a mouthful, and as he set the glass down on a stand by her side, took up her work again with a slight sigh.

  • Probably," he answered, with a slight sigh; then turned with an affectionate greeting to his mother and Marian, who entered the room at that instant.

  • He paused, seeming for a moment lost in painful thought, then casting it off with a slight sigh, went on.

  • Harley was startled, and replied, with a slight sigh, "At your age I should have said as you do.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bodily death; conic section; dozen feet; know them; one with; seems never; slight changes; slight depression; slight elevation; slight flush; slight gesture; slight hollow; slight laugh; slight modifications; slight notch; slight resemblance; slight sigh; slight start; slightly arched; slightly beaten; slightly compressed; slightly flattened; slightly more; slightly pointed; slightly pubescent; slightly salted