am breathing
- present progressive of breathe (1st person singular).
Example Sentences
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"Like many people, I am breathing a sign of relief tonight, knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat to anyone ... Now is the time to heal," Mills said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2023
“I am breathing better. I’m expressing more my feelings before the matches. That helps me, like, really play the game that I want to play,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
And I am transfixed, I am breathing consciously, I still have yet to accept that this is really happening.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2020
I am convinced that I am breathing more farts than air.
From Economist ● Mar. 27, 2018
My limbs are heavy, and I am running through quicksand, but I am breathing and determined.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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