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Breathe is an English word with synonyms like verbalize or express. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Breathe meaning

  1. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
  2. To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
  3. To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.

Synonyms of Breathe

take a breath verbalize express be transfuse instill subsist live survive exist breathe in breathe out suspire respire verbalise

Using Breathe

  • The main meaning on this page is: To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. | To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way. | To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
  • Useful related words include: take a breath, verbalize, express, be.
  • In the example corpus, breathe often appears in combinations such as: to breathe, breathe and, breathe in.

Context around Breathe

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Breathe

  • In this selection, "breathe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, head, yourself, turtles, underwater, continuously and outside stand out and add context to how "breathe" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include can t breathe and ability to breathe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "breathe" sits close to words such as dot, hood and liability, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with breathe

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Say to yourself 'breathe in' and 'breathe out' ten times. (10 words)

Breathe in for 4 seconds, hold it for 7 seconds and breathe out for 8 seconds. (16 words)

Alice, who has congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, needs to use a ventilator 24/7 to help her breathe. (18 words)

And then I realized, I have every right as any other human being on this earth, to walk this land, to walk on this earth and breathe this air — that, darn it, I belong here, and I'm not going to put up with mistreatment anymore. (46 words)

Although Booth has barely paused to breathe since he closed on the mammoth old structure—a massive renovation project, a marriage, a new baby, and now a new business—he is more certain than ever that saving the old building was worth it. (43 words)

An inquest at Southwark Coroner’s Court in 2020 heard Mr Clarke told officers “I’m going to die” and “I can’t breathe” as he was put into two sets of handcuffs – linked together due to his size – along with leg restraints. (43 words)

Example sentences (20)

Breathe in for 4 seconds, hold it for 7 seconds and breathe out for 8 seconds.

Don’t try to explain it, just nod your head, breathe in, breathe out, move on, which is exactly what we plan to do.

They struggled to breathe the limited air, and she was unable to grant them the ability to breathe underwater.

Every time I breathe in, my body is readying for a fight, and every time I breathe out, my body gets a chance to relax.

Floyd, aged 46, died on Monday after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, held him down with a knee on his neck though he repeatedly pleaded, “I can’t breathe”, and “please, I can’t breathe”.

Say to yourself 'breathe in' and 'breathe out' ten times.

Cartwright said the defendant punched his victim in the left ear before throttled her while the victim was saying: "I can't breathe, I can't breathe".

North American box turtles breathe continuously during locomotion, and the ventilation cycle is not coordinated with the limb movements. citation This is because they use their abdominal muscles to breathe during locomotion.

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Additionally, the absence of amniotic fluid in a womb causes a baby to be born without the ability to breathe.

Alice, who has congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, needs to use a ventilator 24/7 to help her breathe.

Although Booth has barely paused to breathe since he closed on the mammoth old structure—a massive renovation project, a marriage, a new baby, and now a new business—he is more certain than ever that saving the old building was worth it.

A mild drama ensued aboard an Air Peace flight as a woman lamented her inability to breathe well.

An awareness that the air around you isn’t fit to breathe can be a uniquely alarming sensation.

And then I realized, I have every right as any other human being on this earth, to walk this land, to walk on this earth and breathe this air — that, darn it, I belong here, and I'm not going to put up with mistreatment anymore.

An inquest at Southwark Coroner’s Court in 2020 heard Mr Clarke told officers “I’m going to die” and “I can’t breathe” as he was put into two sets of handcuffs – linked together due to his size – along with leg restraints.

As a result, he's unable to breathe outside sub-zero temperatures, hence why he wears a suit to keep his body temperature low.

As intense as has gotten while remembering to take the time to breathe and check in on its main characters, Season 3 lives up to the hype.

As my spine curved and compressed my nerves, I would often lose feeling in my legs or be unable to breathe because of the severe muscle imbalance my body created to work against the curve.

Asthma + Lung UK Northern Ireland is a charity in Northern Ireland fighting for everyone with a lung condition, aiming for a world where everyone can breathe with healthy lungs.

At one point, Jonas is told to simply “breathe through your sinuses” in order to survive, without any kind of diving gear, 25,000 feet under the ocean.

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Common combinations with breathe

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "breathe" in a sentence?
An example: "Breathe in for 4 seconds, hold it for 7 seconds and breathe out for 8 seconds." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "breathe" from authentic English texts.
What does "breathe" mean?
Breathe means: To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
What are synonyms of "breathe"?
Common synonyms of "breathe" include: take a breath, verbalize, express, be, transfuse, instill, subsist, live. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "breathe" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "breathe", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.