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Meanings of breathe in English
Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.
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Examples for "respire"
Examples for "respire"
1
They respire, merely as a vestigial reflex, but they don't oxygenate anymore.
2
He laughed, and seemed to respire more air into his broad chest.
3
The moment after I began to respire twenty quarts of unmingled nitrous oxide.
4
This enables the lungs to respire non-synchronously with the heart.
5
When a spontaneous effort to respire is observed, proceed to induce Circulation and Warmth.
1
Between pulls he would suspire deeply, so as to get the full assistance of the Climate.
2
She breathed long, gasping breaths and felt something in her suspire that was alien in its comfort.
3
The scene about me suspired like the brilliant and deadly scales of a poisonous reptile.
4
He suspired exhaustively in the still, strong heat, and took possession of the scene with commanding, intolerant eyes.
5
You've been suspiring and then you've wiped your forehead with your dirty hand, the way you say I mustn't.
1
Don't allow him to take a breath before you strike somewhere else.
2
There was a brief hesitation before he heard her take a breath.
3
At the Pacific Station I was ordered to take a breath test.
4
You just have to take a breath, let it out, and squeeze.
5
Somehow she managed to take a breath without audibly gasping, then another.
The metaphorical world cannot be penetrated by knowledge or text. It can only be experienced by our perceptual senses.
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Usage of breathe in English
1
I stared straight ahead, unable to talk, not yet able to breathe.
2
In case of gas put on the respirator; otherwise breathe out continuously.
3
Designers across Ford had to work together to help this engine breathe.
4
To the nation in general the manifesto would breathe nothing but affection.
5
She couldn't breathe, couldn't think, could only feel-andknow herself utterly content.
6
He did not hear her move or breathe for a long moment.
7
I had to concentrate hard to both breathe and ask coherent questions.
8
For a moment he thought he'd never be able to breathe again.
9
Struggling to breathe is a bit of a problem on a bike.
10
The breath of God came in Eden to breathe in our lungs.
11
She was barely able to breathe; the cats' screeching flooded her ears.
12
Deborah splutters, unable to cry, unable to speak, barely able to breathe.
13
When they arrived at hospital two weeks ago, she could hardly breathe.
14
I went back to Dartford to breathe the air not long ago.
15
We're only on day two, so feel free to breathe a bit.
16
Handmade Gift Ideas From the Post Family It is time to breathe.
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United States of America
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