How to Use exhalation in a Sentence

exhalation

noun

• But with a new contract now in hand, the upcoming Writers Guild Awards afford union members the chance for a collective exhalation.
  — Brent Simon, Variety, 14 Apr. 2024
• Plus, a quick exhalation is a lot more comfortable than a swab up the nose.
  — Katie Jennings, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• Smoke rises from the stage like the sulfurous exhalations of hell.
  — Vulture, 10 May 2023
• Complete five of these knee lifts on each side, making sure to do each knee lift on the exhalation.
  — Lisa Charles, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
• Paintings sing it at night, an exhalation, even though all of those words are wrong.
  — Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020
• Masks with holes, masks made of lace or mesh, or masks with exhalation valves or vents will not be allowed.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 28 Aug. 2020
• Face shields and masks with exhalation valves do not count, the Brewers' website said.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2021
• The weight began to be lifted the minute the final out was recorded, an exhalation that had been a dozen seasons in the making.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Every few moments the humpback lets loose a loud exhalation that sounds like a wet snore.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2017
• Every few moments the humpback lets loose a loud exhalation that sounds like a wet snore.
  — National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2017
• While the study looked at the amount of heat loss for one inhalation and exhalation, the role breathing rate plays remains unclear.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Dec. 2023
• When wearing a mask with an exhalation valve, cover the valve with a piece of tape, Srikrishna says.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 June 2023
• The crowd howled as the streamers fell and as Randy Newman pounded the keys, but this felt more like a cause of brief exhalation and not celebration.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
• And the best way to cut that down was masks that minimize not so much the inhalation of those aerosol particles but their exhalation.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 2 July 2020
• In the lungs, ethanol is transferred from the blood into air, so the device can detect alcohol in your exhalation.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 7 Sep. 2020
• After the male hysteria of the hours before, there was a feeling of exhalation.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Feel the cat’s breath, and deepen your own inhalations and exhalations.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2016
• Otherwise, masks are to worn at all times; gaiters and masks with exhalation values are not allowed.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• Just bite the mouthpiece when the mountain starts to tumble, then wait for the snow to settle; the tube takes in fresh air through the vest's front and vents your exhalations safely behind you – no ice mask, no rapid death.
  — Paul Spinrad, WIRED, 1 Nov. 1999
• Its concept mask has the dangerous and warned-against exhalation valve, but Razer says the mask would have a filter to block any virus exhaled by the wearer.
  — Nicole Wetsman, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2021
• Neck gaiters and masks with exhalation valves are not permitted.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• That distance also helps keep the masks dry, unlike other types of masks that may become damp from exhalation throughout the day.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 8 Jan. 2022
• On the keys, Parrish repeats a sequence of rich chords, melody rising like a sharp breath, then lowering like a calm exhalation.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
• This high-pitched whistling noise happens during exhalation because of a blockage in the lung passages.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
• When van Hooff said apes laugh during inhalation and exhalation, Kret's friend showed a video of her baby laughing in the same manner.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
• The cloud may travel as far as almost 20 feet after a cough, and about six feet after exhalation, according to the MIT researcher.
  — Brianna Abbott and Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• The county doesn't allow these kinds of face coverings in place of masks in its buildings: scarves or bandanas, neck gaiters or buffs, face shields, and masks with exhalation valves or vents.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2020
• One of the most moving sounds that is heard is the long exhalation of Jin Maley’s Ariel after Prospero sets this attending spirit free.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Over time, the exhalations of these tech C.E.O.s became less about the actual lie, and more about who could deliver it with the utmost persuasion.
  — Nick Bilton, The Hive, 8 June 2018
• Your ribs should push away from the midline of your body toward the ceiling with each inhalation, and return toward the midline with each exhalation.
  — Sivan Fagan, SELF, 27 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024