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Sighing in a sentence

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Sighing | Sigh | Sighs | Sighed

Sighing meaning

Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.

Using Sighing

  • The main meaning on this page is: Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.
  • In the example corpus, sighing often appears in combinations such as: and sighing.

Context around Sighing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

offered 1× rolling 1× heavy 1× seen 1×

Often after:

dissonances 1× heavily 1× perfect 1× rotherham 1× near 1×

Sentence patterns with Sighing

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

been seen sighing near their 1× breathholding or sighing are seen 1× deprecating and sighing rotherham research 1× eye rolling sighing perfect things 1× for him sighing at the 1× imagine them sighing oh lord 1× outrage and sighing on his 1× sighing heavily and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ethel has attempted 1× hand stereotypes are 1× i imagine them 1× i only ask 1× self deprecating and 1× sighing heavily and 1×

Common sentence endings:

cause saint saëns 1× every five minutes 1× from their hibernation 1× guileless jibber jabber 1× gushes of water 1× his sample list 1×

Words around Sighing

Just before it in the word index:

sighet 2 sighed 34 sigh 231 siggraph 6 siggins 2 siggi 4

Just after it in the word index:

sighs 40 sight 2.740 sighted 333 sightedness 17 sighter 4 sighthill 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Sighing

  • In this selection, "sighing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, offered, rolling, heavy, dissonances, heavily and perfect stand out and add context to how "sighing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include been seen sighing near their and breathholding or sighing are seen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sighing" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sighing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We’re back to heavy sighing about the power play? (10 words)

Hand stereotypes are typical, and breathing irregularities such as hyperventilation, breathholding, or sighing are seen in many. (17 words)

So I voted for him, sighing at the thought of the unhappiness that this failure must cause Saint-Saëns. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

It is the same with the soul of a man who has died a violent death; it remains near the body—nothing can make it go away; it is retained there by sympathy; several have been seen sighing near their bodies which were interred. (44 words)

I only ask because whoever is “mixing” the sounds is reacting so fast it’s almost seamless and i’m very impressed, even if there seems to only be “outrage” and “sighing” on his sample list. (36 words)

Sighing heavily and shaking her head, she described how the four young men started kicking and hitting Mr da Silva before another three teenagers ran in from the opposite side of the fight. (33 words)

Question examples

We’re back to heavy sighing about the power play? (10 words)

Example sentences (11)

Ethel has attempted to speak to her several times during the two hours she has been sitting in the café, sighing often and checking her phone every five minutes.

Wang’s aggressive “Surge” offered sighing dissonances and glassy textures, start-stop jags of rhythm, and what sounded to me like evocations of nature – birds (including woodpeckers), weather, gushes of water.

I imagine them sighing, “oh Lord, this clown is thinking about going for a hit about soon” as they faced up to a rude awakening from their hibernation.

I only ask because whoever is “mixing” the sounds is reacting so fast it’s almost seamless and i’m very impressed, even if there seems to only be “outrage” and “sighing” on his sample list.

Sighing heavily and shaking her head, she described how the four young men started kicking and hitting Mr da Silva before another three teenagers ran in from the opposite side of the fight.

With women, for so long we were eye-rolling, sighing, perfect things and we were either virgins or mothers or sluts.

Self-deprecating and sighing Rotherham research scientist Rahul Mandal, aka “”, has charmed the nation with his chunky knitwear and guileless jibber-jabber.

We’re back to heavy sighing about the power play?

Hand stereotypes are typical, and breathing irregularities such as hyperventilation, breathholding, or sighing are seen in many.

It is the same with the soul of a man who has died a violent death; it remains near the body—nothing can make it go away; it is retained there by sympathy; several have been seen sighing near their bodies which were interred.

So I voted for him, sighing at the thought of the unhappiness that this failure must cause Saint-Saëns.

Common combinations with sighing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sighing" in a sentence?
An example: "Ethel has attempted to speak to her several times during the two hours she has been sitting in the café, sighing often and checking her phone every five minutes." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sighing" from authentic English texts.
What does "sighing" mean?
Sighing means: Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.
How many example sentences with "sighing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sighing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.