How to Use breathing in a Sentence

breathing

noun
  • Their breathing slows or stops, and their lips and fingernails turn blue.
    Scott Hadland, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Even relatively mild Covid can cramp your breathing and gym stamina for months.
    Carolyn Todd, Men's Health, 29 Dec. 2022
  • This makes breathing—especially at night—a little tricky.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Drowsiness, breathing problems, fast heart rate and vomiting were the most common symptoms.
    Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The drive started with a two-yard run by Barkley for some breathing room followed by a play-action pass that had Jones rolling left.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2022
  • That swift pullback in buyer demand finally gave inventory breathing room to rise.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Across the globe, research has found people and wildlife are exposed to microplastics mainly through eating and drinking but also through breathing.
    Leslie Hart, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
  • There’s something about hovering over a mesmerizing reef with only the sound of your breathing that erases the world above and immerses you in the underwater present.
    Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Rapid breathing can also develop in response to an underlying condition.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In one scene in the film, Gillon glides through a glade, a relatively quiet setting filled only with the sound of his skis on the powder, the twigs and snow crackling beneath him and his breathing.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Hanan Townshend’s score, with its heavy, rhythmic breathing and ethereal tones, cultivates a constant atmosphere of unease.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • After several months on various breathing supports, John required a tracheostomy at 7 months old.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In the conversion to the 3.2-liter engine, BMW added a freer-breathing dual exhaust system that the M3 doesn't have yet.
    Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Glenn added that the next step is to get Hamlin breathing on his own.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The Wildcats nearly had more breathing room at the break.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The first was about a 4-year-old girl having breathing problems.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • That put Benson back in first with some breathing room.
    Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That gives her breathing room to talk about more than her dietary habits.
    Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024
  • For the first weeks of the year, a one-vote buffer afforded Democrats some breathing room.
    Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Powell had eight of his 18 points in the fourth, his two threes giving the Clippers some breathing room.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Show off your sandals with the flared leg that falls just above the ankle to give your legs some breathing room.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Jackson Wheeler hit a two-run single in the top of the seventh to give the Huskies some breathing room.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Unless there is a large amount of hair around the nose, trimming nose hair doesn’t help with breathing.
    Ravi Davda, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Yoga has given me the tools to slow down and focus on my breathing.
    Condé Nast, SELF, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The breathing sound of another character in the black barn, was that Ralph as well?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Plus, the airy skirt offers plenty of breathing room with its split design that starts above the knee.
    Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
  • Brennan Wheat smacked a two-out, two-strike double to clear the bases and give Homewood (4-1) breathing room.
    al, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The fact that Dudamel is not leaving for three years provides some breathing room.
    Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • And labored breathing in dogs could be a sign of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2024
  • The man was conscious and breathing and was taken to the hospital, Gandhi said.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024

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