Example Sentences

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For the first time in a while, the people who first saw these issues are exhaling a bit, even if their good news comes with a caveat.

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2022

A bus driver, for instance, shielded from the public by a floor-to-ceiling barrier is probably protected from inhaling much of what passengers are exhaling.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2021

"When you are exhaling, sneezing, coughing, singing, or talking, the air that you are exhaling is carrying all of these drops."

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2020

“The baseball season is around the corner and people are exhaling because something that feels good is coming back. And yet they don’t want to take away from this moment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2020

That lungs be failing To inhale the breath Others are exhaling?

From Second April by Millay, Edna St. Vincent