as in alive
having or showing life
realized that he didn't need a comic-book superhero, since he had a real, breathing hero in his father
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as in snoring
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 living
to have life
as long as I breathe, you will have a place to stay
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Recent Examples of breathing
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Altuve’s latest landed inside the left-field foul line, breathing life into a ballpark silenced for so much of this seismic series.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Easley was attacked during an act with a tiger at Growler Pines and was not breathing when deputies arrived, CNN affiliate KXII said, citing the Choctaw County Sheriff.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Hold for 20 to 30 seconds while breathing steadily with long, deep exhales.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The goal is to scale up air-breathing propulsion technology to extend the range of future munitions.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Altuve’s latest landed inside the left-field foul line, breathing life into a ballpark silenced for so much of this seismic series.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Easley was attacked during an act with a tiger at Growler Pines and was not breathing when deputies arrived, CNN affiliate KXII said, citing the Choctaw County Sheriff.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Hold for 20 to 30 seconds while breathing steadily with long, deep exhales.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathing
Adjective
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The halls are alive with the sound of confusion.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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For Livramento, this means his hopes of going to the World Cup with England remain very much alive, too, so as damaging as this may prove for Newcastle in the short term, this can only be considered a good prognosis.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Howard, still half-asleep, makes snuffling, snoring noises, and looks blearily at the camera.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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By the time Cali finished her drink, Ronny was snoring.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the time of the girls' disappearance, Decker was living primarily out of his pickup truck, and occasionally at motels and campgrounds, according to police.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some states have laws that require safe storage of guns at all times or in certain circumstances, such as living with someone under age 16 or someone who isn’t legally allowed to own or possess a gun.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The content is part of an interconnected ecosystem that includes toys, books, merchandise and live events.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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They are born in clouds of gas and dust, live brilliant lives, and die in spectacular fashion, leaving behind remnants that continue to influence the cosmos.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Breathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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