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adjective

Definition of breathednext
as in gasped

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verb

past tense of breathe
1
as in snored
to inhale and exhale air sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe

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2
as in lived
to have life as long as I breathe, you will have a place to stay

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Recent Examples of breathed
Adjective
His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd. — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Verb
Clouds condense around particulates breathed out by the biosphere. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 This past weekend, Southern Californians breathed a collective sigh of relief as an oppressive heat wave broke. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The 11 yards breathed life into the offense and a soldout crowd eager for any reason to go full throat. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2026 The pump, which started to fade back in May, had finally breathed its last breathe. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Tammy Patrick of The Election Center, which has nearly 2,500 election officials as members, said those who run voting offices breathed a collective sigh of relief at the high court's decision on mail voting Monday night. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 The chorus had breathed life into words that, until then, had existed only in the solitude of my notebook. — Octavia McBride-Ahebee, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 Domes Resorts began in the mid-2000s and has since breathed life into properties throughout Greece and the Mediterranean. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 The dead son, Shankar, about whom not a word had been breathed since Nidhi arrived. — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathed
  1. muttered
  2. snored
  3. lived
  4. shouted
  5. respired
  6. was
  7. whispered
  8. inspired
Adjective
  • Often made by anonymous rappers and producers with a monkish dedication to their craft, this isn’t rap for the live show but for the headphones, music where every muttered word and barely-there snare matters.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
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  • Over the course of two hours, witnesses watched and listened as Christa Pike cried, whimpered and snored through Tennessee’s attempt to execute her.
    — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … ‘KNOW YOUR BODY’ – Woman who 'never snored before' discovers terrifying reason behind sudden symptom.
    — , FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of snored
Verb
  • When vision keynotes and customer stories promise an autonomous future, but lived experiences don’t match up, trust fades.
    — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • To the manager, Klara—who’s lived an extraordinary life—is a technological curiosity, no more interesting than a piece of construction equipment.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of lived
Adjective
  • Now, the sequence is more likely to end in shouted abuse and maybe a scuffle, the video shot on phones and streamed — sometimes live — on platforms like Kick or Facebook.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.
    — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of shouted
Verb
  • The bacteria respired away the carbon and released nitrogen as ammonium.
    — Joshua Weitz, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of respired
Verb
  • There was a single massive cheer from the home crowd in the fourth quarter, however.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike other modern culinary festivals, there was no peeking behind the curtain, because, in fact, there is no curtain.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of was
Adjective
  • For many leaders, the phrase conjures up whispered alliances, opportunistic loyalty, self-interested maneuvering and the slow poisoning of organizational culture.
    — Harrison Monarth, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of whispered
Verb
  • Scientists have spent decades trying to build artificial molecular machines inspired by the motors that power movement inside living cells.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • How Richard Branson inspired Tan-Gillespie’s career ethos As Tan-Gillespie’s career developed, so did her aspirations.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of inspired

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