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Example sentences for "drawn sigh"

  • It was not till several minutes had elapsed that Almamen, with a deep-drawn sigh, recovered from his swoon.

  • Between two breaths what crowded mysteries lie,-- The first short gasp, the last and long-drawn sigh!

  • It is on my conscience just the same, Jack dear, and I shall never feel easy in mind," the little woman replied with a long-drawn sigh.

  • At length, however, weariness overcame her, and after a deep-drawn sigh, she fell into profound sleep.

  • Bob said, giving vent to a long-drawn sigh of relief.

  • That's a good job well over," he said with a long-drawn sigh of relief.

  • Not until they had arrived nearly at the house did Master Plummer make any remark, and then he said, with a long-drawn sigh: "Dan Fernald makes too much work out of his detective business to suit me.

  • I have little hope of any such good fortune," Evan replied, with a long-drawn sigh, and then both the boys fell silent.

  • I wish it might be done," Nathan replied with a long-drawn sigh, and then the two fell silent, each occupied with his own gloomy thoughts.

  • Then I heard a long-drawn sigh of relief, as Tooter drew himself a foaming stein-ful of the Dortmunder beer.

  • At length, after more than an hour had passed, he put them down with a deep-drawn sigh of relief, after hastily scribbling a few more notes, and turned to me.

  • His wife followed with her eyes the form of her husband until it was out of sight, and then closed the door with a long-drawn sigh.

  • With another long-drawn sigh, she closed the door, and re-entered the silent and lonely room.

  • It is the wall upon the Appian Way in Rome," she breathed at last, with a long-drawn sigh.

  • He threw himself into a chair with a long-drawn sigh.

  • Yes, father," said young Ayton with a deep-drawn sigh, for he felt the full force of the simile.

  • And then with a long-drawn sigh, "Poor Uncle Christopher!

  • She heard a rustling as if he had stretched himself on the bed, a sound like a long-drawn sigh.

  • It was like something falling softly, then a long-drawn sigh.

  • From the wing opposite the message had come--a soft, shrouded sound, another long-drawn sigh.

  • If one could only make a virtue of the resignation which is thrust upon one by an undaunted destiny," she concluded with a long-drawn sigh, "one might be the better for it.

  • I thought I had finished my story when I laid down my pen, a few months ago, and gave a long-drawn sigh of infinite relief.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "drawn sigh" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    became independent; cannot say; close vessel; democratic form; drawn back; drawn battle; drawn butter; drawn down; drawn sigh; drawn sword; drawn through; everlasting glory; exceeding good; fell dead; glass tube; grandfather said; heard the; highly satisfactory; join the brimming river; military posts; never fails; received them; she heard; strong escort; styled form; walked away