suspire

Example Sentences

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We only live, only suspire Consumed by either fire or fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

The elements we feel and see shift and drift and suspire And we therein behind the screen, with glimmering brains that tire.

From Perpetual Light : a memorial by Benét, William Rose

By his gates of breath There lies a downy feather which stirs not: Did he suspire, that light and weightless down Perforce must move.

From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William

Zadkiel or no Zadkiel, I will suspire, and risk it, "O that I were lying under the olives!"

From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Marlow's tale was a powerful one: I could hear Mrs. Marlow suspire faintly, ever so faintly—the troubled, small, soft sigh of a brave woman indefinably stricken.

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Morley, Christopher