breathing

UK /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/ US /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/

adj 1

Collocations

ADJ

deep | shallow | controlled, even, regular, steady

hoarse, laboured, uneven

After running up the stairs, her breathing was hoarse and she needed to sit down.

heavy

After running up the stairs, he sat down with heavy breathing and tried to catch his breath.

BREATHING + NOUN

apparatus | difficulties

exercise

After yoga class, I felt relaxed from doing the breathing exercises.

adj

Having life; living; alive.

Elantris is quite an exceptional read, a wonderfully rich world of living breathing characters, great plot, and some very original ideas.

noun — the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation

adjective — passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally

Elantris is quite an exceptional read, a wonderfully rich world of living breathing characters, great plot, and some very original ideas.

Wiktionary

I can hear the soft breathing.

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These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).

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The seals surface more frequently then, so a bear's chance of catching one at a breathing hole is greater after nightfall.

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When dreams begin, breathing becomes irregular and less deep.

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I have difficulty breathing.

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