breathe into
Example Sentences
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It’s one sort of problem to litter the narrative with flat characters and airless performances; the cast must be suffocating from how little life they breathe into their roles.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
It’s the first hint of real inspired songcraft that Rebecca-Diane has applied, which the kids breathe into life: “We all fly / to find a place where we belong.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
He thought she was hyperventilating — something that can occur before a panic attack — and gave her a paper bag to breathe into.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
"A couple of the actors admitted later they had some trying moments - but nobody had to leave the tank and breathe into a brown paper bag," the double Oscar-winner tells the BBC.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2022
I take his hand and breathe into it.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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