shallow breathing

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Breathing with abnormally low tidal volume.

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The wreckage of the Airbus A320 has been located in relatively shallow water.
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He said, ‘They’re both shot in the head and neither of them are breathing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both Rohan and Kalayjian recommend breathing in some fresh air each day.
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According to the report, the evidence suggested that Mr. Stewart had stopped breathing before his arrival at Bellevue.
Before Eric Garner, There Was Michael Stewart: The Tragic Story of the Real-Life Radio Raheem|Marlow Stern|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Police were giving them “a little breathing room,” according to Bratton.
After No Indictment for Eric Garner Killer, Is NYC the Next Ferguson?|Jacob Siegel|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In these archipelagos the waters being shallow, the frost was quite intense enough to cool them to the bottom.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
These bogs are of all depths from a few inches to thirty or forty feet, though the very shallow have generally been reclaimed.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
A Naval Officer who has seen her says she is lying in shallow water—6 fathoms—bottom upwards looking like a stranded whale.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The sides generally rather shallow, heads of exquisite form and well defined.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce