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as in snored
to inhale and exhale air
sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe
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as in lived
to have life
as long as I breathe, you will have a place to stay
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Recent Examples of breathed
Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
If breathed in, TCE can cause headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, followed by clumsiness, drowsiness and difficulty speaking.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Tens of thousands of people braved heat and long lines to join rallies that breathed life into Harris’s new campaign.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2024
An infected person’s cough contains contagious bacteria, which can be breathed in by anyone nearby.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
For aromatherapy, add a few drops to a diffuser so it can be breathed in.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 17 Oct. 2024
But the careful, eight-year renovation has breathed a second life into this 13th-century monastery complex concealed behind ancient walls within the city’s Botanic Gardens.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
The varnish contained chemicals that factory workers could have breathed in, so now the ski is more eco- and health-friendly without it.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
Some participants closed their eyes, raised their hands in the air, and breathed heavily as the bass-heavy dubstep swelled.
—Michelle Lhooq, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
—Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Verb
The reflective post looked back on the nearly two years span during which the band lived and breathed all things Eras.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
If breathed in, TCE can cause headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, followed by clumsiness, drowsiness and difficulty speaking.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Tens of thousands of people braved heat and long lines to join rallies that breathed life into Harris’s new campaign.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2024
An infected person’s cough contains contagious bacteria, which can be breathed in by anyone nearby.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
For aromatherapy, add a few drops to a diffuser so it can be breathed in.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 17 Oct. 2024
But the careful, eight-year renovation has breathed a second life into this 13th-century monastery complex concealed behind ancient walls within the city’s Botanic Gardens.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
The varnish contained chemicals that factory workers could have breathed in, so now the ski is more eco- and health-friendly without it.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
Some participants closed their eyes, raised their hands in the air, and breathed heavily as the bass-heavy dubstep swelled.
—Michelle Lhooq, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Breathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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