How to Use breathe in a Sentence

breathe

verb

• He wants to live where he can breathe clean air.
• Breathe deeply and then exhale.
• I can hardly breathe with all this smoke.
• He was breathing hard from running.
• I'll never give up as long as I'm still breathing.
• The patient suddenly stopped breathing.
• People usually contract the virus by breathing contaminated air.
• Sanders needs space for his staff, his inner circle, space to breathe.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
• Choosing to draw a close-up of a character's face to let the story breathe.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• For the first time all season, the Bengals were able to look up at the scoreboard and breathe a sigh of relief.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
• Musicians in California can breathe easier about their lyrics putting them at risk in court.
  — August Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
• But unfortunately that’s what many pregnant mothers may breathe in these days given how much pollution there is in the air.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher is known for his ability to breathe new life into great pieces of theater from the past.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2022
• Firefighters found the 6-month-old baby, who had been sleeping in another room, unconscious and not breathing, police said.
  — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Nov. 2024
• People living on the Southeast Side breathe some of the city’s dirtiest air, monitoring data shows.
  — Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
• Costume designer Sal Perez resurrected the trio’s outfits and then went even farther to breathe new life into the beloved property.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Oct. 2022
• Go to the park, look at the trees, and breathe in fresh air.
  — Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 27 July 2022
• The songs have the space to breathe, and the time to develop.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2023
• Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and feel the stress melt away.
  — Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2023
• The song seemed like breathing for the 21-year-old singer.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
• Roll down the windows and breathe in the brisk, salty air.
  — Tim Zientek, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
• Set your sights on the changing leaves and breathe in the crisp air.
  — Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022
• To do it, breathe in for three steps and out for two steps.
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• Pat removed the bands and begged each child to breathe.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
• And not just for those of those who live, breathe, eat, sleep and love movies.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2022
• First things first, take a moment to pause and breathe.
  — Suzanne Ricard-Greenway, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
• Then, close the right nostril and breathe out through the left nostril.
  — Emilia Benton, SELF, 4 Aug. 2022
• The sky is silent; his mom and sister breathe steady on the other side of the wood wall.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
• But with its head free to breathe, the bear swam away, the sun setting in the background.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2020
• The men to his sides were screaming for help and struggling to breathe.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024