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breath Noun

— Your breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs. After running for just a minute, his breath was coming quickly. — A breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs one time. Take a big breath and put your face in the water.

breath

— noun the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing he took a deep breath and dived into the pool he was fighting to his last breath — noun the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration his sour breath offended her — noun a short respite — noun an indirect suggestion not a breath of scandal ever touched her — noun a slight movement of the air there wasn't a breath of air in the room

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breath English » English

respiration breathing puff life air whiff spirit breathe wind waft vapor steam sigh rest inhalation soul inspiration hint exhalation draft breeze blowing sniff smell news moment intimation gust gasp draught breathing time breathing spell breathing space breathing place breather windpipe vapour trachea trace tone to tint tinge take a breath suggestion stop sighing shadow roar with laughter revelation

Topics breath topics

What do people use breath to talk about?

Person Body functions

Breathe, breath

What words refer to the process of breathing?

breathing breath respiration
What words refer to breathing in?

breathe in take a breath inhale gasp draw breath whiff
What words refer to breathing quickly or with difficulty because of running or working hard?

breathless out of breath draw breath
What words refer to breathing with difficulty?

gasp wheeze short of breath
What words refer to breathing normally after running or working hard?

get your breath back
What words refer to stopping yourself from breathing?

hold your breath
What words refer to stopping breathing?

expire draw your last breath death rattle

Person Body condition

Rest

Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind

What words describe a wind that only lasts a short time?

breath of air puff of wind gust blast flurry

Person

Run

What words refer to being in pain because of running?

be out of breath be winded have a stitch (in your side)

Examples breath examples

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Simple sentences

Tom had no time to catch his breath.

Your breath smells.

You have foul breath.

In this harsh, petty world where money does the talking, his way of life is like a breath of fresh air.

After running up the hill, I was completely out of breath.

The swimmer raised his head and gasped for breath.

We all held our breath while we watched it.

How long can you hold your breath?

After running up so many flights of steps, she was completely out of breath.

When I saw it, it took my breath away.

It was a breath-taking close game.

The truth knocked the breath out of him.

The view from the top of the mountain took my breath away.

Short-term effects of smoking include unfitness, wheezing, a general vulnerability to illness, bad breath, bad skin and so on.

When you breathe out in cold weather, you can see your breath.

To our great surprise, she held her breath for three minutes.

I ran all the way here and I'm out of breath.

I have bad breath.

Let's sit down and catch our breath.

We watched the game while holding our breath.

I was watching the scene holding my breath.

I am completely out of breath.

Movie subtitles

Breath sounds diminishing.

Well, if you don't, you need to join me for my week long marathon where I'm gonna teach you how to identify the symptoms, such as shortness of breath. heart palpitations, the urge to self-medicate with drugs and booze.

I smell alcohol on your breath.

Just a breath away.

Though it's not as warm as your fiancee made it out to be when she insisted I sit out here for a breath of air.

Take a deep breath for me, if you can.

Deep breath, love.

Okay, deep breath in.

Meanwhile, the deadly breath of Nosferatu filled the sails ofthe ship so that it flew toward its goal with supernatural speed.

Sure, and it's just a breath of old Ireland.

I felt its breath on my face, and then its lips.

I could feel his breath on my face.

You are taking my breath away.

Well, you watch out when there's frost, see, then you can see his breath.

And out of breath!

Not until I have drunk the breath of her mouth and my hands are soaked with the scent of her hair, not until this woman, if she refuses to be my wife, has been my whore!

Holding his breath, he takes the money.

Berlin pricks up its ears and holds its breath.

You're wasting your breath, and that's no great loss.

I'm just wasting my breath talking to you.

Take a deep breath and follow me.

Wait till I get my breath.

No display of emotion can have the least weight with me. You lose breath.

I couldn't stop thinking about them, with every step and every breath I took.

If our eyes meet and they barge in, I would hold my breath, or something like that.

I'm out of breath.

You're wasting your breath.

Yeah, I guess I'm the chump wasting my breath arguing with you.

I'll be glad too when you stop pounding the breath out of me.

As I live and breath and wear spats, the prince.

Let me catch my breath. I didn't do no harm.

Well, then hold your breath and count a hundred.

And as long as one of us can draw a breath. he will give his strengths to the movement. just as it was in yesteryear.

News and current affairs

Investment bankers wait with bated breath for the merger and acquisition league tables, even though the link between a high ranking and profitability is somewhere between loose and non-existent.

But the world cannot hold its breath waiting for a change of heart by Putin and China, which is why a no-fly zone should be examined as a military option.

But don't hold your breath.

If he wins by a hair's breath, he better work very hard to have any hope in 2004.

Perhaps it is time for another breath of fresh air.

Once winded political elites had recovered their breath, they began telling a story designed to preclude any further fiscal stimulus.

We have gained time and can take a deep breath - no more and no less.

You cannot say to your allies that this is the supreme moment when we call on the Alliance for collective defence, and then in the next breath say, we don't need you for collective defence, we're going to do it our way.

Reform fatigue implies that Central and Eastern Europe needs a respite to catch its breath.

And that is why Obama's statement was such a breath of fresh air.

When such prescriptions present themselves, policymakers should take a deep breath and ask how the tyrant got there in the first place.

In short, if the macroeconomic moderation that dominated 2006 continues into 2007, look for further asset price inflation (but don't hold your breath for the Dow to hit 36,000).

But we realistic optimists are no longer holding our breath: we may be disappointed, once again.

I hope so, and certainly the Obama administration is a breath of fresh air after the stunning ineptness of the Bush-Cheney years.

TRIVANDRUM, INDIA - It is fashionable these days, particularly in the West, to speak of India and China in the same breath.

Friedman's voice was a skeptical breath of fresh air at a time when the reigning viewpoint was a kind of smug pseudo-socialism that did not recognize the astounding power of markets to accomplish desirable aims.

But no one should hold their breath.

Don't waste your breath.

All the talk of an improved NATO-European Union partnership is mainly wasted breath.

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