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am breathing

  • present progressive of breathe (1st person singular).

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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