Word: sighingly
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Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the feelings of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of unspiritual conditions. It is the opium of the people. The people cannot be really happy until it has been deprived of illusory happiness by the abolition of religion...
...Russians did not back away again, the decision would bring a sigh of relief in the U.S. For the Cuba fiasco had seriously damaged the U.S.'s bargaining position and its implied threat to get tough in Laos if its patience was tried too far. In a last-minute attempt to shore up the lackadaisical Royal Army, the U.S. arranged for the Laotian government to request a U.S. military mission, and briskly agreed to supply one. In reality, this simply meant that the 200-man group of U.S. soldiers in mufti would put on military uniforms and acquire...
...love call. Bad weather or bad luck can plague the most careful stalker. Heavy winds, for example often drown out the telltale mating call; morning alpine mists make successful camouflage. And when the Auerhahn is not clucking rapturously, it is listening intently for female response; the slightest sigh from its pursuer can frighten the bird into flight...
...among the top 1½% on college board math exams; they must carry five subjects, including physics, chemistry and math. The lights in the rooms on M.I.T.'s 115-acre campus remain aglow far into the night, and the M.I.T. student slogan is both a boast and a sigh: "Tech is hell...
President Kennedy expressed his "real regret" over Smith's withdrawal, but the White House sigh of relief was almost audible...