breathing

Example Sentences

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Breathing or cardiac activity didn’t trigger the same response.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Norfolk-wide, there were 1,322 people in Breathing Space.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Breathing isn’t just a pause — it’s a boundary.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2025

Breathing in secondhand smoke in prison is “inhuman and degrading treatment” if the judges say so, while not being allowed to produce secondhand smoke is a violation of the “right to private life.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Breathing heavily, Magdalys squinted into the night, saw nothing at all.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older