breathing
noun
the act of a person or other animal that breathes; respiration.
unbreathing
-
a word derived from
breathing.
Example Sentences
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This calf — steaming and soggy and apparently unbreathing, before Luke began to poke his face with straw – could be one of the very last calves born on the Gartmans’ farm.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2017
We lay in the tent for three days while the blizzard yelled at us, a three-day-long, wordless, hateful yell from the unbreathing lungs.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
She unwrapped the linen and laid the blooms on Gelifen’s wings, across his small, beautiful, unbreathing body.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Hushed as the unbreathing air, when not a leaf stirs in the mighty forest, was the scene at those graves where the noble and true were buried in peace.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
God loves the stars; else why star-shape the dew For the unbreathing, shy, heart-hiding rose?
From Freedom, Truth and Beauty by Edward Doyle
