How to Use exhale in a Sentence

exhale

verb
  • She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, trying to relax.
  • Texas can exhale, at least for now.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Miller exhaled and shook his head.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • So cue up a movie or play some tunes, pour some rosé, and exhale.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 7 June 2019
  • That gave Holmes a chance to exhale.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Breathe in for a count of four, hold for four, and exhale for four.
    — Robyn Koslowitz, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This wasn’t a group exhaling to let go of old pain.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Third, exhale for a count of four seconds through your mouth.
    — Gigi Engle, SELF, 8 Dec. 2018
  • Then, exhale a long slow breath out of your mouth with rounded lips.
    — Matt Fuchs, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Take a five-count breath in, hold it for five counts and five counts to exhale through your nose.
    — Colleen Reilly, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • At the end of it, Looney lay flat on his back, closed his eyes and exhaled.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Then, exhale and drive the ground away to stand back up with abs engaged and back flat.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The rest of the Big Ten peeked around the wall and then exhaled.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Nana and the boys were leaning against the railing as a fin whale exhaled.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Wall Street, for the first time since the war began, exhaled.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • Breathe in through your nose, hold your breath for a few seconds and then exhale through your mouth.
    — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Then, exhale and drive the ground away to stand back up with your abs engaged and your back flat.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Inhale through your nose for the count of four, and exhale through your mouth for the count of six.
    — Jeannine Amber, Essence, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Inhale, then exhale quickly and open the arms and pull the band wide again.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Allow the breath to float into your chest, and exhale through your mouth.
    — The Healthyish Team, Bon Appétit, 3 June 2020
  • Keeping the right closed, release the left side and exhale through it.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Sep. 2017
  • As the cliffs inhale and exhale, so to speak, the tips of the cracks weaken.
    — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Then exhale and round your spine in the cat pose, which stretches the upper back.
    — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Then exhale completely through your mouth with pursed lips to a count of eight.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Now, take a deep breath into your belly and your chest and exhale out of your mouth.
    — Francesca Sipma, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Then open your right nostril, and exhale through your right nostril.
    — Daya Grant, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Then, exhale completely (through the mouth) to make a whoosh sound.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
  • On the track, Holloway clapped his hands, exhaled a deep breath and shook his head.
    — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • In other words, breath in for four beats, hold for four beats, exhale for four beats, hold for four beats.
    — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024

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