How to Use breath in a Sentence

breath

noun
  • My mad dash for the bus left me gasping for breath.
  • I took a long breath before speaking again.
  • It's so cold outside that I can see my breath.
  • The view from the crest of the hill will take your breath away — or was that just the steep climb to the top?
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But first comes the deep breath of a six-day All-Star break.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • The only thing that can get me from here to there is my breath.
    Cory Richards, Outside Online, 7 July 2024
  • Many times — not all the time — there will be up to a minute between breaths.
    David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • If the climb to the top doesn't take your breath away, the 360-degree views from the top certainly will.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Hold the position that feels best for you and take three to five deep breaths.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • While waiting for the race to start, Martinez takes a few deep breaths.
    Ana Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • For just a beat, the air in the room seemed to tense up around us, as six hundred birds held their breath.
    Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t hold your breath When will our summer of smoke end?
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 July 2023
  • What's the secret to holding your breath like 'Avatar' star Kate Winslet?
    USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
  • Scores of children trudged around, their breaths twisting up on the frosty air.
    Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Our hot breaths were like cloudbursts in the thin Andean air.
    Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
  • There's nothing about it that didn't take my breath away.
    David Chiu, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • After each use, my teeth and gums felt clean, while my breath was nice and fresh.
    Emily Algar, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Outside the stage, a few doubled over to rest their hands on their knees and catch their breath.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Paul came over with chocolate breath and handed her the phone.
    Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The stakes are high, yet somehow not worth holding your breath over.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Lyles came off the track on a wheelchair at the Stade de France and felt lightheaded and short of breath.
    Sean Gregory / Saint Denis, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Chowdhury took a couple of deep breaths, sipped his water, and turned on the news.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a lot of ADR because even Kaitlyn’s breaths tell the story.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
    The Editors, National Review, 27 May 2024
  • Not the other that had played a night earlier to their last breath.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Retail media is both a new and old concept, all in the same breath.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Candle wax and tears dropped around the spot where Izaiah Carter took his last breath.
    Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Life is here today and gone tomorrow, like a breath or a wisp of smoke.
    C Jackson Cowart, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Moore took several deep breaths that sounded like snores over the next minute.
    Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Allow them the time to take a few deep breaths and remind them that schools train for these situations, and procedures are in place to keep their child as safe as possible.
    Adam Coughran, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024

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