exhalation

Example Sentences

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While a brick home can resist the powerful exhalation of a wolf, it’s no match for wind-driven rain served up by a wicked storm.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Then, they used energy dissipation models to compare the seals' ability to warm and moisten air during inhalation and to reduce heat and moisture loss during exhalation.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023

The fall of the hammer at 74 million pounds broke the tension, triggering a collective exhalation in the room and a round of applause.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

The amount of air she could get out in a forced exhalation was less than it was when she was tested the year before.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Here Franny made the mistake of giving a little exhalation of impatience—she had just inhaled cigarette smoke.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger