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breath

noun as in respiration

noun as in wind or something in the air

noun as in respite, break

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in hint, suggestion

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Example Sentences

If they have symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath or an abnormal heart beat, he says, they should see a doctor.

She told the Blade she only sleeps a few hours a night, she has no strength and walking a few feet leaves her out of breath.

Although one of the major problems they have to deal with is rescuing people who refuse to evacuate, under their breath they thanked us for saving these homes.

For example, people with type 2 diabetes are often overweight and have shortness of breath.

Alternative living, in my case vanlife, is a financial breath of fresh air.

In the next breath, however, he is decrying the press misinterpretation of his Diana script.

Throughout Christmas eve and day, the world is monitoring with bated breath.

He died in July after being grabbed around the throat by a cop and wrestled to ground where the breath flew out of him.

“Every time you see me, you want to mess with me,” Garner exclaimed, short of breath.

His breath became so strained that he was forced to quit his job as a horticulturalist for the parks department.

It was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.

While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!

Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.

He caught his breath, he paused, then stepped within on tiptoe, and the hush of four thousand years closed after him.

He is on the violin what Liszt is on the piano, and is the only artist worthy to be mentioned in the same breath with him.

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On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to breath, such as: breathing, gasp, animation, eupnea, exhalation, and expiration.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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