breathing

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

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

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2025

"Breathing exercises via yoga could potentially help, or gentle physical conditioning where breath control is important, as with swimming," suggested Natelson.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 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 a prayer, she put him back in his place, and closed the doors of the larium gently.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks