exhalation

Example Sentences

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While a brick home can resist the powerful exhalation of a wolf, it’s no match for wind-driven rain served up by a wicked storm.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

"This means that most of the water added to the air during inhalation is then recovered during exhalation."

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023

The fall of the hammer at 74 million pounds broke the tension, triggering a collective exhalation in the room and a round of applause.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

The amount of air she could get out in a forced exhalation was less than it was when she was tested the year before.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

I look with Slant’s eyes down the length of this dark hold, and I see men involved in speech and exhalation.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson