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
Designed with an amalgamation of pure engineering and engineered for theatrical performance, the bridge literally breathes fire and water.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Bora Bora, French Polynesia Bora Bora may be synonymous with overwater bungalows and honeymoon splurges, but March is when the island breathes.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
Mixed with heartfelt moments and heartbreak, Crouch’s performance breathes life into a saga set in small-town America.
—Audiofile Magazine
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The costume department hustles to reattach a limping sole as the star breathes through the heat.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
The Spaniard eats, sleeps and breathes this fest.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
In a world where growth is equated with progress, capitalism breathes through expansion, and consumption becomes its oxygen.
—Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Lead in any amount can cause health problems, particularly in children, whether a person breathes it in or ingests it, while extremely high lead levels can cause a seizure, coma or death.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Now the forest breathes with evil, and a vampire lord has risen.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Bora Bora, French Polynesia Bora Bora may be synonymous with overwater bungalows and honeymoon splurges, but March is when the island breathes.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
Mixed with heartfelt moments and heartbreak, Crouch’s performance breathes life into a saga set in small-town America.
—Audiofile Magazine
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The costume department hustles to reattach a limping sole as the star breathes through the heat.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
The Spaniard eats, sleeps and breathes this fest.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
In a world where growth is equated with progress, capitalism breathes through expansion, and consumption becomes its oxygen.
—Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Lead in any amount can cause health problems, particularly in children, whether a person breathes it in or ingests it, while extremely high lead levels can cause a seizure, coma or death.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Now the forest breathes with evil, and a vampire lord has risen.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathes
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Donoghue’s 10- and 13-year-old sons grew up there — the family, which lives about half an hour away, got a season pass when their younger son, Ray, was 6 months old.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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That data is then used to help others improve people's work lives.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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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
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There isn’t a ton of video footage of him, but there’s this interview with Robert Ressler and some of that is in the Peacock documentary.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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So, because of that, there is some gaging and figuring out to do.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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Branching results like that inspires experimentation in character builds, which then encourages multiple playthroughs to see just how out-of-hand a situation could have gotten.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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To commemorate the milestone, Alvarez shared the video online, hoping to show her followers that the kind of relationship many dream of really exists.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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As its name illustrates, Salt Lake City exists because of the Great Salt Lake.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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