But it was the women who breathed life into this slightly stale debate.
He breathed heavily, and it was said that, when he slept, his wives and children in their out-houses could hear him breathe.
As a teenager, I did what all teenagers do and took them for granted, barely glancing at the photos on the walls, surveying the Honours Boards only for funny names, oblivious to the history seeping from the bricks into the very air I breathed – after all, where could I get a pint?
When 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was gunned down three years ago this week in Sanford, Florida, his tragic death breathed life into a dormant civil rights movement.
To paraphrase the prophet of pop Elton John, there's a perpetual circle of life going on in EastEnders, where Stan breathed his last.
As dawn breathed through the sky, the tracks and compounds of Amoko were silent.
Celtic breathed further life into their resuscitated European campaign with a confident performance in Slovenia that wiped away the embarrassment of their capitulation in the previous round and put them on course for the group stage.
Foley delivered his concession speech at a Labor party reception at Lidcombe Catholic Club where he said the campaign had "breathed new life into the state Labor party" and the party was on course to win power at the next NSW election in 2019.
The Mirror's front page is just a photo of David Cameron looking like he breathed in a fart, the Mail's front page is just a naked plea for everyone to keep Labour out and even the Guardian's front page has done its best to make Boris Johnson look like the Judderman.
The doctor's face radiated enthusiasm; his eyes glittered, his purple cheeks were aglow, the veins in his temples stood out strongly, and he breathed heavily through dilated nostrils.
Streaming services have breathed fresh life into all manner of shows, from allowing British comedies such as The Wrong Mans and Peep Show to find a US audience to providing a UK home for everything from bloody epic Vikings to the computer drama Halt and Catch Fire, set in the 80s.
