How to Use breathe in a Sentence

breathe

verb
  • He wants to live where he can breathe clean air.
  • Breathe deeply and then exhale.
  • I can hardly breathe with all this smoke.
  • He was breathing hard from running.
  • I'll never give up as long as I'm still breathing.
  • The patient suddenly stopped breathing.
  • People usually contract the virus by breathing contaminated air.
  • Give your heart space to breathe.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • The Braves could breathe easy again.
    — Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and feel the stress melt away.
    — Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The Spaniard eats, sleeps and breathes this fest.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • How do people breathe in and out?
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The doctor tells her to breathe.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • To good sleep and breathing well!
    — Edgar Castro Tello, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Relax, breathe and kick your feet up.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Now this week, your mission is to breathe.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
  • And told their parents to breathe.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The snails have to breathe somehow.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Give yourself some room to breathe.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Then breathing in again to the count of four.
    — Mike Conley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t wait until you’re stressed to breathe.
    — Mark Divine, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Sharks don't have to come to the surface to breathe.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Let the work breathe, then refine what rings true.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Without the love in there, the book doesn’t breathe.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • When the epiglottis swells, a kid can’t breathe.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Moses breathed deeply and prayed number three would be drawn up.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And not just for those of those who live, breathe, eat, sleep and love movies.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Set your sights on the changing leaves and breathe in the crisp air.
    — Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022
  • The 3-year-old was struggling to breathe.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
  • If talks heat up, slow the tempo and breathe at home or at work.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026

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