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Meanings of irregular breathing in English

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Usage of irregular breathing in English
1
Her solitude, excepting the hours of sleep, if then, was a time of irregular breathing.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
2
The eyes closed, and those who stood watching her low, irregular breathing, fancied she slept again.
Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
3
He lay motionless, but for the irregular breathing that stirred his broad chest and thick muscular neck.
Scenes of Clerical Life
4
Silence fell like a thick, toxic fog, only the sound of Thomas's rapid, irregular breathing breaking it.
Explosive
5
The minutes passed by in profound silence, broken only by the irregular breathing and puffing of the general.
The Secret of the Night
6
Mrs Lee seated herself on the side of the low bed, and listened to his quick, irregular breathing.
Christie Redfern's Troubles
7
She stood apparently watching him quietly, but really listening with quickened heart to his loud and irregular breathing.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
8
The surface meaning is harsh and irregular breathing; the deeper meaning is a life of harsh and irregular impulses.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man
9
In the intensity of listening, she heard her own faint, irregular breathing, and the sound filled her with panic.
The Masquerader
10
Despite the stillness, the doctor had to strain his ear to catch the irregular breathing of the sick woman.
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
11
Once again the silence was unbroken, save for the soft swish of the fan and Mrs. Cary's heavy, irregular breathing.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
12
She stood, feeling the darkness throb about her, listening to the sharp irregular breathing which told her where Drake stood.
The Philanderers
13
No answer came, except the heavy, irregular breathing of the man on the floor who was clawing for air in his lungs.
The Big-Town Round-Up
14
He went to the bedside, felt of the sleeper's pulse, listened attentively to her deep, irregular breathing, and then returned to Helen.
Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
15
Bridge could feel the trembling of the slight figure, the spasmodic gripping of the slender fingers and hear the quick, short, irregular breathing.
The Oakdale Affair
16
The man lay as still and impassive as a corpse excepting for the slow, shallow and rather irregular breathing with its ominous accompanying rattle.
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
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