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breathe freely

VERB

feel relief

Synonyms

WEAK

breathe easily breathe easy heave a sigh of relief rest easier

Example Sentences

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“All we want now is for our family to heal, to breathe freely again, and to see our parents’ good names restored,” the letter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

"Suffocating is maybe putting it too strongly, but I feel sometimes I can't breathe freely in Scotland," she tells the BBC's Newscast podcast.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

There, under this huge, cloudless desert sky, Balcázar finally felt able to breathe freely.

From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2020

This is of course a call for the reimagining of an America in which everyone can breathe freely, which was probably itself only a dream, but which might still be achievable.

From Slate • May 30, 2020

Every muscle in my body relaxes at once and I breathe freely again.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth