The phrase "intake of air" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used when talking about breathing or inhaling. Here is an example: "The runner paused to catch her breath, taking in a deep intake of air before continuing the race."
"That has caused another little intake of air," he said.
The purpose of this behaviour seems to be the intake of air.
I love you.' Then there was a sound like an intake of air, like whoosh, and we were cut off.
For most people, the respiratory muscles begin contracting within a minute or two, and these involuntary breathing movements, or I.B.M.s, trigger an immediate intake of air.
That sort of plastic surgery for cars, sometimes called ground effects, may improve aerodynamics or enhance the intake of air into the engine.
The olfactory system is directly associated with the intake of air during breathing and thus is almost continuously exposed to environmental odours.
There was a lot of Mr. Rollins in the expedition that Mr. Irabagon then undertook, pausing only for heaving intakes of air.
If the actors get the rhythms right (and, in this production, they sort of do), the very intakes of air necessary to speak the words at speed force them into the vain, strutting posture that is their characters' hilarious essence.
Some, like "Animal Tracks," which featured Ms. Sauser-Monnig on lead vocal and acoustic guitar, were sweetly ravishing; others, like "River," which had Ms. Sarle keeping time with sharp intakes of air, were more chilling.
With the introduction of multiple intakes of air along the PV string, the goal is to improve the heat extraction from all PV panels, while achieving lower and more uniform PV temperatures.
Similarly whooshed intakes of air accompanied cellist András Fejer's nearly superhuman ability to articulate and maintain long lines of slowly moving notes, expressing the transfixing inevitability of grief.
