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.
