How to Use breathing in a Sentence

breathing

noun
  • The first was about a 4-year-old girl having breathing problems.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • That put Benson back in first with some breathing room.
    Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That gives her breathing room to talk about more than her dietary habits.
    Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Powell had eight of his 18 points in the fourth, his two threes giving the Clippers some breathing room.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Yoga has given me the tools to slow down and focus on my breathing.
    Condé Nast, SELF, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The breathing sound of another character in the black barn, was that Ralph as well?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The fact that Dudamel is not leaving for three years provides some breathing room.
    Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • The man was conscious and breathing and was taken to the hospital, Gandhi said.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • It is all designed to give creatives some breathing room and give audiences the chance to miss the MCU, just a little bit.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Another thing that sets this shoe apart is the wide toe box up front that gives your digits so much breathing room.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The offense gave him some early breathing room, before pulling away with a flurry of runs late.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • As Hart puts it, your heart rate and breathing rate will then amp up to supply your body with the oxygen to complete that extra work.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Yet the homer by Devers gave Bello some breathing room.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Its plush fleece fabric is lined with cozy cotton jersey and it’s made with a touch of spandex to give you even more breathing room.
    Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Need a little breathing room on a weeklong visit to your sister’s house?
    Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 1 Jan. 2024
  • One type of breath-work to try: alternate nostril breathing.
    Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2023
  • Paramedics transported one male victim who had a stab wound but was conscious and breathing, Im said.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The drug can complicate breathing and increase demands on the heart, Goodman-Meza said.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • But that effort failed to buy Evergrande more breathing room.
    TIME, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Controlled breathing can lower blood pressure and heart rate, as well as reduce the stress hormones in your blood.
    Jordyn Bradley, Fortune Well, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The contemporary novels, though, still had their share of heavy breathing.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • Locked in a race to make its breathing machines quieter, the company inserted the foam to muffle sound.
    Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Place your fingers on your pulse, close your eyes, and regulate your breathing to match your heartbeat.
    Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Reeves received more breathing room from the offense in the sixth as Cathedral pushed its final runs across on the same play as the result of two Panthers errors.
    Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2023
  • Delk’s breathing appears to starts to return to normal as someone places an oxygen mask over his mouth.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
  • As her breathing appeared to improve, Jambois said, Mark rolled her over and shoved her face into a pillow.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Having the breathing room to then reduce those margins to 'find the market', analysts say, has helped builders to weather the mortgage rate shock.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 1 July 2023
  • Ultimately, the détente with the United States could be a way for China to buy itself more breathing room.
    Olivia Wang, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Con is about people doing things together, and spire comes from the same word for breathing, for hope — the root of inspiration.
    Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Hold the pose for 30 seconds while relaxing your breathing, then repeat.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023

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