EXHALING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

exhaling

verb

Definition of exhaling next

present participle of exhale

as in expelling

to let or force out of the lungs before answering, the suspect exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke

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as in radiating

to throw or give off the lilacs were exhaling a sweet fragrance that virtually filled the room

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Recent Examples of exhaling Take 30 to 40 deep cyclical breaths, inhaling fully into the belly and chest, exhaling without force. —

Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026 After a day of meetings, errands, and a phone that won’t stop buzzing, there’s nothing quite like settling in at home and finally exhaling. —

Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 13 May 2026 The show felt alive, inhaling and exhaling guests in a natural rhythm. —

Literary Hub, 8 May 2026 For breathwork, Yasinksi recommends inhaling for four seconds, pausing for four seconds at the top, and then exhaling slowly. —

Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Curry, wearing a bulky wrap around his knee, leaned back and took a long, deep breath before exhaling as the game tipped off. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026 Much of Electrical Field of Love has a loose, improvisatory feel, with Gibbs and Lewis laying down thick, burrowing grooves, Ross adding textured flair, and Muldrow exhaling drawn-out, chantlike phrases or compact, laser-like screams on top of it all. —

Reed Jackson, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2026 Yeah, exorcising that demon of just kind of singing about it, putting it on paper, and then just kind of exhaling and let that go, that's an important process. —

Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026 To cope, Sesko practices box-breathing to calm himself, a technique involving four four-second phases of breathing in, holding your breath before exhaling, and then holding again. —

Ian Irving, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026

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Rockets generate propulsive force, also known as thrust, by expelling high-velocity exhaust in a rearward stream.

— Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Last year the leaders of nine European Union countries -- Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland -- signed an open letter claiming the rights convention prevented them from expelling foreign criminals.

— SAM McNEIL, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2026