Word: sighingly
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Only a Muted Sigh...
...elections were an exception only in that the public was more tired than ever of reading and hearing about politics. Heaving a loud sigh of relief, the American public went back to televised football games after November 4, secure in the knowledge that the instant replays would not be preempted by the pudgy faces of candidates seeking "the honor of office" in "these troubled times...
...fact, probably the greatest early American paintings belong to the MFA: John Singleton Copley's portraits and Gilbert Stuart's Martha and George Washington have few equals (not to mention Boston's John Singer Sargent canvasses). If Van Der Weyden's Christ Appearing to His Mother makes the viewer sigh, he should take a look at home- Van Der Weyden's Saint Luke Painting the Virgin, in Boston's permanent collection...
...witness an electrocution where God in a key moment of fine jest caused the power lines to fail; Styron would not once think of God permitting a botched execution, though he might include Him among the later mourners at the grave: probably He would be solemn and sigh...
...hapless soldier's sigh...