exhalation

Example Sentences

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Later in the record, a growling bass clarinet on “I Need You” makes the jazzy beat sound dangerous, like slow exhalations from a sleeping dragon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

“They are providers of water and we are not afraid of them. On the contrary, their exhalations are blessings because they give us life.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

The frequency and intensity of its exhalations have decreased.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

The eruptions have grown bigger and more frequent in recent weeks — rattling homes with wheezing exhalations that residents compare to steam escaping from a pressure cooker.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2023

Under certain conditions our exhalations freezing instantly made a tiny cracking noise, like distant firecrackers, and a shower of crystals: each breath a snowstorm.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin