breathing

Example Sentences

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Estudio Persona, the L.A. studio run by Uruguayan design duo Emiliana Gonzalez and Jessie Young, is a living, breathing wishlist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"The dust was extremely bad," Khadijah, who has been to the festival three times, says, "and we were sleeping in bandanas so we weren't breathing the dust in."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Soon enough, it shoves out the old way of doing things entirely, leaving us with no living, breathing person left to hear our frustrations.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

While the Middle East was breathing a sigh of relief at the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, a big-money battle was raging at Polymarket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

He kept going with the breathing till his face got to light red, then bright pink, and he looked at me.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan