breath

Example Sentences

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Carmona: It’s holding your breath and saying, “All right, here we go.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Symptoms can include fever, extreme fatigue, stomach pain, vomiting and shortness of breath, usually appearing between two to four weeks after being exposed to the virus.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

There would have always been some itinerary on the calendar when my mother took her final breath.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I have to stay on the flimflammery, if that’s a legal word, of Todd Blanche for one more beat, because I have to say the latest motion in the ballroom lawsuit took my breath away.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

‘They say he swallowed the breath of a ghost,’ the children had sneered.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver