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 exercises and inspiratory-muscle training have also been shown to boost heart and lung fitness.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

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, Caleb crawls to the side of the net and drops over the edge, hitting the platform hard.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth