fight for breath
Example Sentences
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“It’s so basic that we don’t even think about it until we can’t breathe. And then, we fight for breath. We fight for breath because we want to live because breath is life,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023
On Thursday, prosecutors recalled Martin Tobin, the Chicago-area pulmonologist who testified last week in excruciating detail about Floyd’s fight for breath.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2021
If you're not used to the cold, a common response is to be initially shocked and fight for breath, says Mark Harper, an anaesthetist who swims in the sea off Brighton.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2014
I fight for breath, and I fight my instinct to breathe deeply.
From Time • Jun. 18, 2010
The sunny short rings of hair clung to his sunken, blue veined temples, where cold drops gathered; and a gray seal was set about the wan lips that writhed in the fight for breath.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
