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

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

The images showed how Floyd tried to use his shoulder muscles to draw breath, the doctor said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2021

Usually, they don’t think about all of their instincts—moving their flippers to swim, eating, diving to the bottom of the ocean, lifting their head up to draw breath.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2021

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