Word: sighingly
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...surface. I pushed. "Scope's breaking," announced the lieutenant, his face pressed to the periscope eyepiece as its lens above sprouted from the water. He swiveled around with the periscope pasted to his face. "No close contacts," he finally said. The crew in control always let out a sigh when the man looking through the scope reported no ships above that might collide with the sub. My jumpsuit was soaked with sweat...
...this time we think you have a pretty good idea of undergraduate life. Now, forget about it. You'll never have to think about it again. Go to sleep. Wake up Harvard's next president. Realize this was all just a dream, a horrible, horrible dream. Sigh with relief. Yawn. Stretch. Start calling donors...
...problems to work on: straighten the legs, revolve the body faster and finish at a better angle. Ziyi huffs, shuffles her Nikes, then dives again. No good. She squeals in agony. Director Zhang Yimou gives his action director the word: "Simplify it." Cinematographer Chris Doyle heaves a sympathetic sigh, which you can see because it's so cold, swigs spirit from his hip flask and puts the moment in perspective: "You know, if this was America ... well, you wouldn't catch...
...Yamano. His stammering attempt at an answer prompted only an irritated sigh. "This is your responsibility," snapped Ghosn. "Brainstorm. Discuss. You will be held accountable for this...
...this stage of her career, suddenly found her "twin" in a man whose wiseguy-wannabe wardrobe earmarks him as a conspicuous consumer (he constructed a $10 million mansion for Carey, in which he installed a fully functional recording studio). It's enough to make a fan like myself shrug, sigh, and simply try to forget it all by remembering the intial thrill of discovery...