breath

Example Sentences

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"My breath was knocked out of me," she added.

From BBC

“Is Dad going crazy?” he whispers, his hot breath tickling my ear.

From Literature

Rowan reached her chair, placed the round yellow cheeses on her lap, and backed swiftly away, holding his breath, trying not to look at her.

From Literature

He felt his breath catch when there was a flash of movement in the corner of his eye.

From Literature

“Eyhhh-dah,” he says, and his breath travels around the room, slips across Mama’s shoulders, then her waist, and it keeps going out and about so that everybody gets wrapped in its warm softness.

From Literature