exhaled; exhaling
1
a
: to breathe out
she exhaled a sigh
b
: to give forth (gaseous matter) : emit
2
archaic
: to cause to be emitted in vapor
Examples of exhale in a Sentence
She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, trying to relax.
before answering, the suspect exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke
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Most of this methane, often referred to as enteric methane, is belched or exhaled out by the animals into the atmosphere — just one cow belches out around 220 pounds of methane gas per year, for example.
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Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — Following one of their more taxing trips of the year, a three-city, six-game trip that saw the franchise mourn the death of icon Willie Mays, the Giants returned to San Francisco to collectively exhale — while looking to break a losing streak, too.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Billy Williams caught the ball in the vines as the entire ballpark exhaled en masse.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2024
Enzymes produced this way could potentially breathe in carbon dioxide and methane while exhaling organic feedstocks, or break down plastics into substitutes for concrete.
—Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — Following one of their more taxing trips of the year, a three-city, six-game trip that saw the franchise mourn the death of icon Willie Mays, the Giants returned to San Francisco to collectively exhale — while looking to break a losing streak, too.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Billy Williams caught the ball in the vines as the entire ballpark exhaled en masse.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2024
Enzymes produced this way could potentially breathe in carbon dioxide and methane while exhaling organic feedstocks, or break down plastics into substitutes for concrete.
—Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2024
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exhale
verb
ex·hale
eks-ˈhāl 
exhaled; exhaling
1
: to breathe out
2
: to send forth (as gas or odor)
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