exhalation

Example Sentences

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Typical features include frequent deep sighs, rapid breathing, forceful exhalation from the abdomen, or chest breathing without proper diaphragm use, which prevents the lungs from fully expanding.

From Science Daily

At one point you talk about being “cloud makers with every exhalation”.

From Salon

Multiple, overlapping blows of whale exhalations echo off mountains that rise vertically out of glassy water.

From BBC

Their vocal cords did not close, and their abdominal muscles did not contract, as they normally do during exhalation for vocalization.

From Science Daily

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