Sentence examples for sharp breath from inspiring English sources

I drew a sharp breath.

She took a deep, sharp breath.

A sharp breath and my chest contracts.

At that point in his testimony, Officer Maloney paused and took a sharp breath.

Quite a few people in the crowd drew a sharp breath at that.

"What are you doing?" I took in a sharp breath and looked him in the eye.

It takes short, sharp breaths — as many as ten per second — drawing the scent deep into the nasal cavity to the olfactory epithelium.

Pooley had not discussed his plans to return with his parents, but when asked how she would feel, his mother, Jackie, took a few sharp breaths.

The cadences are still the same, the sharp breaths between clauses, the sudden upward soaring of the sentence, ensuring the last word ends on a high note.

Within ten seconds he is already grunting, eking out those short sharp breaths that are only heard when someone who never does anything athletic suddenly has to respond physically to something.

When we take short, sharp breaths, we're cuing ourselves to fight or flight.