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Meanings of soughing in English

Characterized by soft sounds.

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Usage of soughing in English
1
Bright embers dance in the blackness -pushed by the soughing wind.
The thing
2
Her soft, soughing breath was the only sound in the silent room.
Explosive
3
The soughing of the night wind in the evergreens was mournful.
Gold of the Gods
4
And so I sit once more, listening to the soughing of the woods.
Wanderers
5
She could hear it soughing gently through the branches of the live oaks.
The Big-Town Round-Up
6
She longed avidly for the sight and the sound of many soughing trees.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
7
There is nothing more glorious than the soughing of the woods.
Wanderers
8
I heard the wind soughing-themules and horses stamping-themurmur of men's voices.
Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders
9
There was no reply, only the soughing of the wind over the sands.
Sons of the Oak
10
It is the grass that is singing and the trees that are soughing.
The Guardian
11
I traipse back to the kitchen soughing out a disgusted breath.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
12
Her lids stayed shut, breath soughing audibly from her parted lips.
Four dukes and a devil
13
Everything was quiet roundabout, only the night wind was soughing in the old pine-trees.
Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
14
Falling asleep to the soft soughing of the sea relaxed Bethanne like nothing else.
Accidentally the sheikh's wife
15
There was no response, save the soughing of the wind through the swaying treetops.
The House Behind the Cedars
16
Not a sound was heard, except the soughing of the wind round the tower.
From Powder Monkey to Admiral: A Story of Naval Adventure
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Soughing through the time
Soughing across language varieties
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