Example Sentences

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“American Patriarch” is a tonic reminder that, from its very beginnings, our republic has exhaled a whiff of the miraculous.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

At some point — on the plane from France, as it was unloaded in the midwinter cold of Chelsea? — the painting has exhaled the artist’s breath.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

I can readily believe you, as I have noticed it myself, and this evening isn't the first time that my wife has exhaled an odor of smoking tobacco.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

In summer, after a hot, sultry day, when the great city has exhaled poisonous gases, the clouds are piled mountain high on the horizon.

From The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict by Hillis, Newell Dwight

It has exhaled an atmosphere of sharp, mystic contrasts which were as unreal as they were vicious.

From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood