breathing

Definition:
1. The action of taking air into the lungs and sending it out again.
2. The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation.
3. Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination.

Use 'breathing' in a sentence:

• 1. "I'm all right," Max said weakly, but his breathing came in jagged gasps.
• 2. Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.
• 3. She was breathing raggedly.
• 4. One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus.
• 5. He could hear that her breathing was uneven.
• 6. She was out cold but still breathing.
• 7. He was breathing shallowly.
• 8. He looked at Ellen, breathing evenly in her sleep.
• 9. He stood there breathing deeply and evenly.
• 10. The sound of his breathing told her (that) he was asleep.
• 11. His breathing became faint.
• 12. His breathing was steady.
• 13. Her breathing was quick and uneven.
• 14. The sound of his breathing told her he was asleep.
• 15. Her breathing became steady and she fell asleep.
• 16. She was fast asleep, breathing evenly.
• 17. Heavy breathing was all I could hear.
• 18. I nearly suffocated when the pipe on my breathing apparatus came adrift.
• 19. His illness is a result of breathing in paint fumes over many years.
• 20. He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
• 21. Breathing such polluted air is the equivalent of smoking ten cigarettes a day.
• 22. I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing.
• 23. This delay gives the party a breathing space in which to sort out its policies.
• 24. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.
• 25. He was breathing through his open mouth.
• 26. Deep breathing exercises will help you relax.
• 27. The patient was perceived to have difficulty in breathing.
• 28. Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house.
• 29. Her breathing became slow and heavy.
• 30. Good breathing is slow, rhythmic and deep.
• 31. You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit.
• 32. She was now breathing heavily.
• 33. Breathing is an automatic function of the body.
• 34. All of the automatic body functions, even breathing, are affected.
• 35. You need to coordinate legs, arms, and breathing for the front crawl.
• 36. Cases of breathing difficulties increase in lockstep with air pollution.
• 37. He was breathing only with the aid of a ventilator.
• 38. In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs.