breath test

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noun

a test by breath analyzer.

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Origin of breath test

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby breath test

breathing, breathing space, breathless, breath of fresh air, breathtaking, breath test, breathy, B. Rec., breccia, brecciate, Brecht

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How to use breath test in a sentence

So at one checkpoint, they just gave the breath test as usual.
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He failed a field sobriety test, police said, and refused to submit to a chemical breath test.
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Documents from the arrest noted that Springsteen completed several field sobriety tests but refused to take a preliminary breath test.
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The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

In the next breath, however, he is decrying the press misinterpretation of his Diana script.
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Apparently, the company “failed to properly test its systems.”
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Throughout Christmas eve and day, the world is monitoring with bated breath.
Sweden’s Burning Christmas Goat|Nina Strochlic|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If it was the United States, the operation will test the bounds of international law.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for breath test

breath test

noun

British a chemical test of a driver's breath to determine the amount of alcohol he has consumed

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