He was, she thought with an inward sigh of regret, all the things a man ought to be.

Now he'd done it, he thought with an inward sigh.

Putting such thoughts away with an inward sigh, he swung around.

No help for it, he decided, with an inward sigh of resignation.

I give an inward sigh and take a sip of champagne.

When it finally came, he gave a tiny inward sigh.

Stephen gave a faint inward sigh; but he was used to this.

I need to go,' she said, and he gave an inward sigh.

With an inward sigh of relief, she went up the steps and into her house.

Too long, whatever the numbers, Miles thought with an inward sigh.