Example Sentences

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Those numbers were a signal not only that I was in poorly-ventilated spaces, but also that I was breathing in the potentially COVID-laden air that other people were exhaling.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022

But as they were exhaling they were also successfully advancing a belief system that’s come to be accepted by Americans across the political spectrum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2022

“And I felt like when we got in the locker room, a lot of guys did that after the game and they were exhaling with a good thing to build off of towards week two.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2017

He struck out and, just like that, the Brewers were exhaling.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2012

I liked the look of the trim, fresh town in its perfect amphitheatre of pine-clad hills, covered in by a rich blue sky from which the last clouds were exhaling like breath from a mirror.

From No Hero by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)