- present participle of breathe.
breathing
Example Sentences
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Basic hypocrisy is the simplest answer; it comes as easily to some of us as breathing.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Now, it feels like there’s a lot of breathing room.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“I don’t miss his self-destruction. So I’m 81. He died at 27. And there’s different ways to do this. Hopefully you guys will keep on breathing like I am.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The pilot, his head wrapped in bandages, and with a breathing tube in his nose, said the path to recovery was long.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
She did as her parents had instructed: she stayed in the cellar under the floorboards, still, mute, unmoving, barely breathing, until the house fell silent again.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
