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Word: sighing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...violet plucked - a smother'd sigh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE QUESTION. | 12/21/1880 | See Source »

...passengers who got in, except that I was dimly conscious of some one asking me if the seat next me was engaged. I replied "No without raising my eyes from my book. A female sat down beside me. A few minutes passed by in silence, when the woman sighed heavily. Now if there is one thing more than another which affects me, it is a woman's sighs (pity the pun). I dropped my book and looked. Heavens! What a vision! Beautiful light brown hair, very dark brown eyes, perfect features, and a figure that would have thrown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY CASTLE IN THE AIR. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

...drew a deep and weary sigh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COLLEGE EPISODE IN TWO PARTS. | 6/18/1880 | See Source »

...sight of them for sight of thee I sigh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON RECEIPT OF SOME AUTUMN LEAVES. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

...blush, a sigh, a dainty hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROSEBUD AND ROSE. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

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