breathing

Example Sentences

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I had volunteered to stand there for 10 minutes; breathing in dirty air as part of an experiment to understand how air pollution is affecting our bodies and damaging our health.

From BBC

When Murphy’s desperate friends finally found him and dug him out after 18 agonizing minutes, he was blue and not breathing, according to witnesses.

From Los Angeles Times

Mrs. Pritchard was a mite plump, so she was breathing hard by the time she caught up with me.

From Literature

But if breathing could make people happy, shouldn’t everyone be happy, because everyone breathed?

From Literature

I heard his breathing slow, and I thought he’d fallen asleep.

From Literature