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US
/ˈbɹɛθ/
]
[ UK /bɹˈɛθ/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈɛθ/ ]
NOUN
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a slight movement of the air
there wasn't a breath of air in the room - a short respite
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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 -
an indirect suggestion
not a breath of scandal ever touched her -
the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
his sour breath offended her
How To Use breath In A Sentence
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattling breaths.
- You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit.
- After all this time she was alive, living, breathing, and walking on the earth.
- When she at last rose it was with panting breath. Emily Fox-Seton
- It can make you sweat too, or feel dizzy or breathless. The Sun
- I had just popped out for a breath of fresh air,and missed your telephone call.
- Two bus-rides and a walk in the rain later we found the old dairy farm, muttering under our breaths about the wisdom of locating such an establishment way out in the sticks.
- Considering my diminutiveness, the size of the pail in my lap, and my drinking out of it my breath held and my face buried to the ears in foam, it was rather difficult to estimate how much I drank. Chapter 3
- The depth and rate of breathing are controlled by special centres in the brain, which influence the nerves that cause contraction and relaxation of the muscles of respiration.