Sigh Sentence Examples

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  • Her sigh was a mixture of contentment and relief.

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  • She let out a sigh of relief.

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  • Betsy and I breathed a sigh of relief.

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  • The lights came on and he breathed a sigh of relief.

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  • With a heavy sigh, she headed for his house.

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  • Daniela's sigh was exasperated.

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  • She let out a sigh of relief when Dean identified himself.

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  • She breathed a sigh of relief.

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  • The count was the first to rise, and with a loud sigh crossed himself before the icon.

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  • At last he heard a noise off to his right, a sigh or a moan in the blackness.

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  • Katie sat back with a contented sigh, gaze dropping to her arm.

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  • She sucked in her breath quickly and then let it escape in a relieved sigh when she realized it was Josh.

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  • Lydia Larkin let loose a sigh of relief.

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  • Katie breathed a heavy sigh of resignation.

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  • Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

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  • She rubbed her face with a heavy sigh and sat, relieved.

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  • Not quite sure what was up with BB as she was twitchy and unsettled most of the time and permanently latched on - sigh.

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  • She accepted it with a sigh, You're right.

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  • His sigh was exaggerated.

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  • But never did she go without Mr. Woodhouse 's giving a gentle sigh, and saying, Ah, poor Miss Taylor !

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  • Tip 's eyes were round and wondering, and the Saw-Horse uttered a sigh and turned away its head.

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  • This time he only got it three feet away, and there was a general sigh of disappointment.

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  • She let out a long agonized sigh.

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  • The line was silent for a few moments and then Mary let loose with a heavy sigh.

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  • Kiki froze halfway through the doorway, frowning.  Kris breathed a sigh, wondering how one tiny woman could make him tense enough he wanted to raze the beach.

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  • Carmen breathed a sigh.

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  • There are no rough edges, nothing to interrupt the eye - just a long sigh of pleasure.

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  • Darian rolled onto his side with a noisy sigh.

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  • I know better than to trust Wynn, she said with a sigh.

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  • She let out a deep sigh.

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  • With a heavy sigh, she started supper again.

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  • Joseph Bajza was a lyricist of a somewhat melancholy cast, but his Borenek (Wine Song), Sohajtds (Sigh), Ebreszto (Awakening) and Apotheosis are much admired.

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  • In the second or French period we get verse-makers rather than poets, who long to be Frenchmen, and sigh over the barbarism of their country; but the study of history in a critical spirit is beginning under the influence of Naruszewicz, Albertrandi and others.

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  • We know the meaning behind every burp and sigh, laugh and cry.

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  • This cutting edge kind of lighting combines crisp and new designs with the latest in technology, all at a price tag that will make your bank balance breathe a sigh of relief.

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  • She gave an exaggerated sigh.

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  • Her breath escaped in an unexpected sigh.

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  • When Cade finally stepped through the doorway holding a cup of coffee, her breath escaped in a long sigh.

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  • Sofia whispered with a sigh.

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  • The breath she had been unconsciously holding escaped in a quick sigh.

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  • The master bath was tidy, so she left the room and pulled the door shut, breathing a long sigh.

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  • With a resigned sigh, she opened the 'Alex' icon and deleted yesterday's message before starting another.

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  • Once you are up and running, you'll breath a sigh of relief at how much money you are saving over the long run.

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  • Her breath came out in a quick sigh.

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  • We could hear Quinn's sigh.

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  • He drained her life until she was near blackness before he flung his head back with a contented sigh.

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  • He kissed her again more deeply and then rested his forehead against hers with a sigh.

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  • She breathed a silent sigh.

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  • She took it, and he pulled her in for a hug that made her sigh.

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  • Outside her room, Han whipped out his phone to text Damian with an irritated sigh.

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  • She let out a long sigh.

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  • He shifted the rifle to his other hand and let out a long sigh.

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  • It is your kid, she said with a sigh.

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  • Leaning against the sink, she breathed out a deep sigh.

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  • Finally, with a sigh of resignation, he began the fifteen-minute walk back to the awaiting problems of civilization.

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  • Katie let out a long sigh.

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  • Lana suppressed a sigh.

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  • With a sigh, she knelt and released all the bags.

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  • She bore him two children, one a son, Francis Folger, " whom I have seldom since seen equal'd in everything, and whom to this day [thirty-six years after the child's death] I cannot think of without a sigh," who died (1736) when four years old of small-pox, not having been inoculated; the other was Sarah (1744-1808), who married Richard Bache (1737-1811), Franklin's successor in 1776-1782 as postmastergeneral.

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  • She'd held no part of herself back from him and surrendered in a way that made him want to memorize each sigh, the softness of her skin, her silky depths and the way her blue eyes grew dark with desire.

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  • Jackson barely brushed her neck with his lips, and as she let out a soft contented sigh, he backed off for just a second to find his mark, then sunk his fangs into her.

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  • Elisabeth's sigh of contentment rippled across the nape of his neck.

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  • Before long, you'll seek out those sugar and carb filled treats that make you sigh with pleasure.

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  • Finally he looked down at his lap and let out a long weary sigh.

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  • Carmen let out a long sigh.

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  • She held her breath while she tugged at the window, letting it out in a sigh of relief when the sash lifted quietly.

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  • Closing her eyes for a few precious moments, she breathed deeply and let her breath out in a long, relaxing sigh.

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  • With a resigned sigh, he agreed to attempt this journey I was begging him to take.

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  • With a noisy sigh, he slinked out the back door of the kitchen towards the barracks.

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  • Struck by longing, she gave a soulful sigh.

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  • She let out a sigh and summoned a portal.

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  • With a sigh, she cleaned up the area as well as she could and pulled off the sweater, as it was warm enough in the study with her T-shirt.

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  • She breathed out another sigh and righted her ponytail, then splashed water on her face.

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  • She started forward with a sigh and joined him at the beginning of the muddy trail.

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  • He released a sigh when he.d transformed and shook snowflakes from his thick coat.

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  • Jake Weller let out a deep sigh.

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  • Effie gave a deep sigh.

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  • Dean was close enough that he could smell the musk of her freshly washed body as she took a deep breath and let out a long and resigned sigh.

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  • Jackson let out an exasperated sigh.

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  • She let out an exasperated sigh.

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  • Elisabeth let out an exasperated sigh and rubbed her forehead.

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  • He rested his head on the back of the chair and let out a long sigh.

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  • She wiped it away and breathed a sigh of relief.

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  • She gave a sigh of disgust and retreated.

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  • Her jaw clenched, then she yielded with a sigh.

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  • Kris frowned and opened his mouth to speak when Toby gave an exasperated sigh.

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  • Kris's sigh of aggravation came out as a hiss.

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  • Dean heaved a deep sigh and plodded out to the kitchen for coffee.

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  • Dean let out a deep sigh.

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  • Dean let out a long sigh.

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  • She was a gorgeous creature in her early twenties with a figure that would make a monk sigh.

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  • Joan produced an exaggerated sigh.

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  • Joan said with an exasperated sigh.

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  • She let her breath out in a relieved sigh.

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  • She must look a sigh.

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  • With a heavy sigh, she turned to the house.

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  • She loosed a deep sigh.

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  • She released her breath in a sigh.

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  • Finally she let out a long sigh.

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  • She stirred, cuddling his hand and breathing a sigh of contentment.

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  • Jenn released a deep sigh.

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  • With a sigh, she placed her hand in his and closed her eyes.

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  • I miss food so much, Damian, she said with a sigh.

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  • She released a deep sigh, finger lingering on the names from her past.

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  • She whirled away and paused in front of the bathing basin, a sigh robbing her frame of tension.

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  • She gave a deep sigh and leaned toward him.

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  • He pulled away with an exasperated sigh and answered the phone.

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  • He sat up and leaned toward her with a heavy sigh.

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  • She circled her arms around his neck and released a sigh of contentment.

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  • She surrendered to a long uneven sigh.

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  • She leaned the pitchfork against the wall and breathed a sigh of relief.

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  • Finally he sank into his chair, a long sigh escaping his lips.

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  • Letting out a long shaking sigh, he continued.

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  • He heaved a sigh and threw his hands into the air in defeat.

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  • Mrs. O'Hara let out a long sigh.

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  • When she refused to meet his gaze, he let lose a long impatient sigh.

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  • His breath came out in a long sigh of relief.

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  • She let out her breath in a sigh of relief.

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  • With a sigh she tipped her head back and allowed his lips to burn a trail down her throat all the way to the beginning swell of her breasts.

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  • Megan expelled her breath in an exasperated sigh.

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  • As she turned into the circular drive and shut off the engine, she let out a long sigh.

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  • Jessi was relieved to hear the girl's exasperated sigh.

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  • She gave a sigh of exasperation.

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  • She slid out from between him and the door, and he heard her sigh.

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  • She breathed a sigh of relief as she reached the door, ready for a distraction after the intense interaction with Xander.

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  • With a frustrated sigh, she lifted her hand and gazed at him pensively.

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  • He pulled away and tossed his head back with a satisfied sigh.

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  • Sometimes, it's the little things, she said with a sigh.

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  • Xander smiled to himself at her exasperated sigh.

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  • With a sigh, Jessi gripped his and braced herself.

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  • My studies were sometimes interrupted with a sigh, which I breathed towards Lausanne; and on the approach of spring I withdrew without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure."

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  • The people sigh under the burden imposed, and call upon the goddess Aruru to create a being who might act as a rival to Gilgamesh, curb his strength, and dispute his tyrannous control.

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  • Just before he died, says his secretary, Tobias Lear, he felt his own pulse; his countenance changed; the attending physician placed his hands over the eyes of the dying man, "and he expired without a struggle or a sigh."

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  • The spot from which Boabdil looked for the last time on Granada is still shown, and is known as "the last sigh of the Moor" (el ultimo suspiro del Moro).

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  • Lifting her chin, she stared absently at the old house and let out a long sigh.

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  • She let out her breath in a long sigh of relief.

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  • Finally he heaved a long sigh and turned away.

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  • She completed peeling another potato and rinsed it before Claudette finally gave up on a response with an audible sigh.

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  • I breathed a sigh of relief.

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  • The Grey God gave a familiar, noisy sigh and turned, pointing out a window.

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  • He suppressed a sigh, sensing she was beyond mercy for anyone on her list.

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  • Whatever fog gripped her dissipated suddenly, and she breathed a sigh at the palpable release.

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  • Letting out a long sigh of vapor, he climbed the steps and walked across the open courtyard.

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  • She breathed a sigh as they entered Nilian territory, assured of her safety.

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  • English is becoming one lingua franca which of us cause to sigh with relief!

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  • The melodic ' sigh ' (79) of a falling 5th lends pathos to the piece.

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  • Unfortunately, being nap free she also pooped on the lawn - sigh!

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  • We cannot breathe a sigh of relief yet, the BT's fate is still hanging the air in some parts of the country.

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  • However, borrowers can finally heave a sigh of relief.

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  • Tip's eyes were round and wondering, and the Saw-Horse uttered a sigh and turned away its head.

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  • Imagine one of your team sits down across your desk and with a weary sigh begins to outline the latest problem.

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  • I breath a collective sigh of relief for all people pleading for network security.

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  • Then fetching a deep sigh from the bottom of his heart, " Alas!

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  • Oulton breathed a huge sigh of relief, for the previous over Taylor had clean bowled the Aussie with a no ball.

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  • But never did she go without Mr. Woodhouse's giving a gentle sigh, and saying, " Ah, poor Miss Taylor!

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  • A remake of an old classic game drops onto my desk and I sigh languidly.

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  • The cab-horse, who was browsing near, lifted his head with a sigh.

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  • Then she shook her head and glanced up at the icons with a sigh.

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  • Karl Ivanich always says that sleep is more important than anything, whispered Princess Mary with a sigh.

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  • From time to time he heard a soft rustle and at times a sigh.

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  • Suddenly Pierre heaved a deep sigh and dumped his heavy person down on the sofa beside Prince Andrew.

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  • He crossed himself with an accustomed movement, bent till he touched the ground with his hand, and bowed his white head with a deep sigh.

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  • They say he is dying, replied the maid with a sigh.

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  • Mavra Kuzminichna flicked the dust off the clavichord and closed it, and with a deep sigh left the drawing room and locked its main door.

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  • We cannot breathe a sigh of relief yet, the BT 's fate is still hanging the air in some parts of the country.

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  • I breathed a long sigh of relief … a little too soon!

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  • Fans can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as filming for Sex and the City is now underway.

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  • It just makes you want to take a deep breath and let out a big sigh doesn't it?

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  • Not the kind of "thank goodness he's in jail" sigh, but the "Why?" kind of sigh.

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  • The goal, once attained, will have you breathing a sigh of relief come winter time as you sit comfortably inside while your neighbors are trudging through the snow with their "less civilized" dogs.

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  • For the most part, shareholders breathed a sigh of relief upon Nardelli's departure, but many have doubts that incoming CEO Frank Blake has what it takes to run such a large a retail business.

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  • However, when you compare to the thousands you could spend, you may end up breathing a sigh of relief.

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  • They're sure to let your pocketbook breathe a sigh of relief, your eyes smile as they hide from the blinding sun behind a layer of tinted plastic or polycarbonate material, and you blend in like you belong there.

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  • This match will bring a sigh of relief for those who were considering going with AT&T for the sake of the iPhone even if they liked Verizon's coverage and had been happy with them for some time.

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  • The baby's heart rate brings a sigh of relief to every expectant parent, while health providers await the beat to ensure the baby's lungs and heart are growing and functioning properly.

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  • Aries doesn't have time for sentimentality, nostalgia, or the act of staring out windows and fostering a poetic sigh.

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  • A large shark is killed and displayed, and the town breathes a sigh of relief, prepared to go back to the beach.

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  • Now that you know what to offer in the form of durability and comfort, try a pair on and let your feet breathe a sigh of relief.

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  • Slip your achy, diabetic feet into a fashion forward pair of shoes, and breathe a sigh of relief while you make a stunning entrance.

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  • Arizona residents can take a sigh of relief because this state requires insurance companies to cover some treatments for autistic disorders (Steven's Law).

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  • This is a nightmare waiting to happen, she said with a sigh and a hot glare at Toni.

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  • Cynthia acknowledged her reluctant agreement with a deep sigh and no further conversation as Dean extinguished the light.

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  • Fitzgerald started to say something but Corday grimaced, let out a long sigh and nodded for the younger detective to leave.

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  • She leaned her head back on his shoulder and released a deep contented sigh, smiling as his hands released hers and lifted to her bodice.

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  • A long sigh escaped her lips as she slid back down under the covers.

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  • It was dawn, and she breathed a sigh of relief at being safe.

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  • With a contented sigh, she sat down in the chair he held for her.

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  • On waking she listened to what was going on behind the door and, hearing him groan, said to herself with a sigh that things were still the same.

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  • She let out a self-important sigh as she turned; ready to dismiss the pesky newcomer.

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  • During one of these pauses Kutuzov heaved a deep sigh as if preparing to speak.

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  • The breath escaped her lungs in a quick sigh of relief.

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  • As soon as he said this both Prince Vasili and Anna Pavlovna turned away from him and glanced sadly at one another with a sigh at his naivete.

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  • Lori's sigh was exaggerated.

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  • While the rest of us breathed a sigh of relief, Howie remained uncomfortable.

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  • She dropped her arms and gave a long sigh, meeting his gaze.

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  • With a deep and long- drawn sigh she seemed to be prepared for a lengthy talk.

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  • George gave a long, noisy sigh and turned, pointing out a window.

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