respires
- present tense form of respire (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The environment in which the animal lives greatly determines how an animal respires.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
"Culture is his air and water; he respires ideas, and whistles and hums as he does so," Leonard wrote.
From US News ● Sep. 18, 2015
A rat respires 100 to 200 times a minute, a cat 20 to 30 times, an adult human 16 to 24 times,* a horse 6 to 10 times.
From Time Magazine Archive
The skin, which is noted to be reddish, purplish or mottled, is œdematous, stiff and tense; in consequence the infant is unable to move, respires feebly and usually perishes in a few days or weeks.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
In the water the amphibian larva respires by means of gills and gill slits.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
