1
as in to respire
to inhale and exhale air
sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe
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2
as in to live
to have life
as long as I breathe, you will have a place to stay
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as in to blow (out)
to let or force out of the lungs
leaned back in his chair and breathed out the smoke from his pipe
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Recent Examples of breathe
Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The second is having either 10 or more pack years of smoking, or symptoms of cough, phlegm and trouble breathing.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
It is caused by consuming water or breathing in water vapor contaminated with Legionella bacteria, according to the CDC.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
The attorney added that Ragan had been beaten, was choking on his own blood and couldn’t breathe, feeling that an asthma attack was imminent.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
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So much shooting that Black boys can start resembling living, breathing gun-range targets.
—Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The second is having either 10 or more pack years of smoking, or symptoms of cough, phlegm and trouble breathing.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
It is caused by consuming water or breathing in water vapor contaminated with Legionella bacteria, according to the CDC.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
The attorney added that Ragan had been beaten, was choking on his own blood and couldn’t breathe, feeling that an asthma attack was imminent.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Breathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathe. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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