Sentence examples for breathe from inspiring English sources
breathe
To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
"breathe" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it in the sense of taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide (e.g., "She needed to take a deep breath to calm her racing heart"), figuratively (e.g., "The fresh sea air breathed new life into him"), or as a verb meaning to stay alive (e.g., "He breathed his last on that fateful day"). Example sentence: She closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
I could not breathe.
"I tried to breathe in, and nothing would go in, so I thought I was having a heart attack, like my heart stopped.
"Your muscles waste away, you can't do anything, you end up possibly being fed through a tube, you have a machine to help you breathe, and you can be mentally competent – your brain is fully active – but you can't do anything.
At the time, I thought I was having a heart attack, because I couldn't breathe, my chest got all tight".
He breathed heavily, and it was said that, when he slept, his wives and children in their out-houses could hear him breathe.
"Sir, I cannot breathe … MP … MP".
The belt was so tight I could not breathe.
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