draw breath
Example Sentences
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Millennia later, the mechanical organs of the 16th century would use the force of flowing water to draw breath into their bellows.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023
He's scarcely had time to draw breath, not that he looks weary.
From BBC • May 12, 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
I will never, as long as I draw breath, forget the sound of that scream.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
