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• past participle of breathe.
• past tense form of breathe.

breathed

American  

[bretht, breethd] / brɛθt, briðd /

adjective

Phonetics.

1. not phonated; unvoiced; voiceless.

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

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breathed British  

/ briːðd, brɛθt /

adjective

1. phonetics relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate Compare voiced

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Etymology

Origin of breathed

First recorded in 1875–80; breath + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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breathed

But there is a positive atmosphere in No 10 too, one source telling me that the face-offs between Badenoch and Burnham have "breathed new life into the Labour versus Tory dynamic".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Circumstances probably haven’t improved since the end of last year, as the jump in gasoline prices breathed new life into inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The cosplayer, who breathed heavily into the microphone à la the movie villain, was formally called to the podium by the name Darth Vader.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Why Bessent’s Treasury operations have breathed life back into the gold trade.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

She breathed harder, deeply, as if all the sky’s oxygen had rushed over her at once.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell