breathe

Example Sentences

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Traders will breathe easier as the Iran conflict looks to be nearing an end.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The vibrations can feel so strange to first-timers that they forget to breathe, or maybe they haven’t eaten beforehand, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Lindsay Toczylowski, co-founder of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, said her organization received a hotline call from a witness who reported seeing Ramos-Solano struggling to breathe and in visible distress.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The results may also have implications for human health, as they underscore how microplastics travel globally through the atmosphere and may be present in the air we breathe.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

As she drew the fibers together, they created vibrant pictures—birds and pixies and flowers—and they were so lifelike they seemed to breathe and move as if in a gentle breeze.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff