1
as in respires
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 lives
to have life
as long as I breathe, you will have a place to stay
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Recent Examples of breathes
The cotton blend breathes beautifully, and the hollow-out pattern adds visual interest without sacrificing coverage.
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Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Season after season, the planet breathes in and out, but the long-term direction is unmistakable.
—Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Lives and breathes to make Laura Ingalls (Halsey) miserable.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Inside, each of the three hundred and sixty-five exercises breathes on its own page.
—David O’Neill, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
That’s what Lanza atelier has achieved with ‘a serpentine,’ a structure that breathes with its surroundings.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
And editor Scott Morris delivers a compact cut of just under two hours that nonetheless breathes like an epic.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
The forward is a bouncy, explosive player who lives and breathes above the rim.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
For the most part, the destruction of Gaza, like the rise of global fascism, is an unignorable context that every work in the show breathes in.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Season after season, the planet breathes in and out, but the long-term direction is unmistakable.
—Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Lives and breathes to make Laura Ingalls (Halsey) miserable.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Inside, each of the three hundred and sixty-five exercises breathes on its own page.
—David O’Neill, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
That’s what Lanza atelier has achieved with ‘a serpentine,’ a structure that breathes with its surroundings.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
And editor Scott Morris delivers a compact cut of just under two hours that nonetheless breathes like an epic.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
The forward is a bouncy, explosive player who lives and breathes above the rim.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
For the most part, the destruction of Gaza, like the rise of global fascism, is an unignorable context that every work in the show breathes in.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathes
Verb
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Sylvia, my copilot, snores softly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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But not everyone who snores has sleep apnea, and not everyone with sleep apnea snores.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Savannah Peterson lives across the street from the pier and has been watching that show for years from her front yard.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Julian Poyourow lives with his wife on Bently Avenue, in a quiet residential block just yards east of the 15-acre GKN Aerospace facility.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Verb
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That's what inspires me — being able to support them.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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After learning their rent is being raised, the pair embark on a reckless night out that inspires an impulsive idea of faking a movie and seeing who shows up.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Verb
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And then there is the entire ballot for performers, which boasts one of the largest peer groups of the TV Academy.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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There is a deep, innate pull that brings New Englanders home.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Museums are set up in hangars at Moton Field — one of five Tuskegee area training sites used for Black pilots, and the only one that still exists for the public to experience.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Zidane is one of 17 unique versions that exists and features footage that Gordan and Parreno assembled from 17 synchronized cameras installed around the stadium to capture the match from various angles.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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“Breathes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathes. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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