draw breath
Example Sentences
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In UK law, an unborn baby does not become a separate person with legal rights until they are born and draw breath by themselves.
From BBC • May 19, 2023
“All those who’ve sworn the oath to defend the Constitution … as long as we still draw breath, the republic lives inside of us.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022
The images showed how Floyd tried to use his shoulder muscles to draw breath, the doctor said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2021
It is certainly possible that Diego Armando Maradona, who died Wednesday at age 60, was the finest soccer player ever to draw breath, though that is a subject of hot and unyielding debate.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020
Before anyone could draw breath to protest, two huge walls of water rose and shot toward the Ferolind.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
