draw breath

"I am emaciated," he said, speaking slowly in order to draw breath between words.

In UK law, an unborn baby does not become a separate person with legal rights until they are born and draw breath by themselves.

Millennia later, the mechanical organs of the 16th century would use the force of flowing water to draw breath into their bellows.

The 125th had a chance to draw breath here.

In November, Montana voters rejected a "born alive" ballot initiative that would have required doctors to apply medical care to newborns who draw breath or have a heartbeat after a failed abortion or any other birth.