Example Sentences

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By Saturday evening, much of the region had breathed a collective sigh of relief.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

Mr Thomson said organisers had breathed a sigh of relief over the weather after days of disruption across the country from Storm Gerrit.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023

Timur had breathed fire into the veins of the old Silk Road.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Tuesday during her annual address to California lawmakers that Brown had breathed new life into the courts.

From Washington Times • Mar. 19, 2019

He had not become sick, even though he had breathed the air inside an Ebola-ridden hut for days and nights on end.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston