breathed

[ bretht, breethd ]

/ brɛθt, briðd /

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adjective Phonetics.

not phonated; unvoiced; voiceless.

utilizing the breath exclusively in the production of a speech sound.

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Origin of breathed

1875–80; breath + -ed³ or breathe + -ed²

Words nearby breathed

Breathalyser, Breathalyzer, breath analyzer, breatharian, breathe, breathed, breathe down someone's neck, breathe easy, breathe life into, breathe one's last, breather

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How to use breathed in a sentence

But he breathed vibrant, hilarious, oh-so-fabulous life into the classic 1996 remake.
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Outside of the absurdity of “blood splatter” flying through the air is the implication that Ebola can be “breathed” at all.
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I breathed sloppily through my mouth, hung my head between my legs, and spit every so often.
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You'd put a scarf across your nose and mouth and when you breathed through it, it would get all white with frost.
Gordie Howe Hockey’s Greatest War Horse|W.C. Heinz|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Every time he breathed, he felt pains all through his torso—fractured ribs.
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He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
But the withering mildew was now breathed forth, that was intended to blast this goodly harvest.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He breathed fierce and honest anathema on the heads of the bowelless fiends who had abandoned the babe to its doom.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
“Well, I hope he does,” sighed Sol, the sigh being breathed to give expression of what remained unspoken.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Every word she breathed, every anathema she denounced, seemed urged by the quick revenge of Duke Wharton!
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British Dictionary definitions for breathed

breathed

/ (brɛθt, briːðd) /

adjective

phonetics relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrateCompare voiced

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