How to Use exhalation in a Sentence

exhalation

noun
  • Note that a small amount of air remains in the lungs even after exhalation.
    Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 24 July 2024
  • The benefits were stronger when participants took their showers after doing a few rounds of a breathing technique that involved deep breathing, exhalation and breath holding.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 24 July 2024
  • Plus, a quick exhalation is a lot more comfortable than a swab up the nose.
    Katie Jennings, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Smoke rises from the stage like the sulfurous exhalations of hell.
    Vulture, 10 May 2023
  • Complete five of these knee lifts on each side, making sure to do each knee lift on the exhalation.
    Lisa Charles, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Paintings sing it at night, an exhalation, even though all of those words are wrong.
    Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Masks with holes, masks made of lace or mesh, or masks with exhalation valves or vents will not be allowed.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Face shields and masks with exhalation valves do not count, the Brewers' website said.
    Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The weight began to be lifted the minute the final out was recorded, an exhalation that had been a dozen seasons in the making.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • One measures the volume of air in the lungs and triggers muscles for exhalation.
    Esther Landhuis, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2024
  • Every few moments the humpback lets loose a loud exhalation that sounds like a wet snore.
    National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Every few moments the humpback lets loose a loud exhalation that sounds like a wet snore.
    Craig Welch, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2017
  • While the study looked at the amount of heat loss for one inhalation and exhalation, the role breathing rate plays remains unclear.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Dec. 2023
  • When wearing a mask with an exhalation valve, cover the valve with a piece of tape, Srikrishna says.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 June 2023
  • The crowd howled as the streamers fell and as Randy Newman pounded the keys, but this felt more like a cause of brief exhalation and not celebration.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
  • And the best way to cut that down was masks that minimize not so much the inhalation of those aerosol particles but their exhalation.
    Megan Molteni, Wired, 2 July 2020
  • In the lungs, ethanol is transferred from the blood into air, so the device can detect alcohol in your exhalation.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 7 Sep. 2020
  • After the male hysteria of the hours before, there was a feeling of exhalation.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Feel the cat’s breath, and deepen your own inhalations and exhalations.
    David Gelles, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2016
  • When the reviews came in saying this is ‘Derry Girls but better‘ there was an exhalation.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 July 2024
  • Otherwise, masks are to worn at all times; gaiters and masks with exhalation values are not allowed.
    Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Just bite the mouthpiece when the mountain starts to tumble, then wait for the snow to settle; the tube takes in fresh air through the vest's front and vents your exhalations safely behind you – no ice mask, no rapid death.
    Paul Spinrad, WIRED, 1 Nov. 1999
  • Its concept mask has the dangerous and warned-against exhalation valve, but Razer says the mask would have a filter to block any virus exhaled by the wearer.
    Nicole Wetsman, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Neck gaiters and masks with exhalation valves are not permitted.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • That distance also helps keep the masks dry, unlike other types of masks that may become damp from exhalation throughout the day.
    Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 8 Jan. 2022
  • On the keys, Parrish repeats a sequence of rich chords, melody rising like a sharp breath, then lowering like a calm exhalation.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • This high-pitched whistling noise happens during exhalation because of a blockage in the lung passages.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
  • When van Hooff said apes laugh during inhalation and exhalation, Kret's friend showed a video of her baby laughing in the same manner.
    Megan Marples, CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The cloud may travel as far as almost 20 feet after a cough, and about six feet after exhalation, according to the MIT researcher.
    Brianna Abbott and Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The county doesn't allow these kinds of face coverings in place of masks in its buildings: scarves or bandanas, neck gaiters or buffs, face shields, and masks with exhalation valves or vents.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2020

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