breathe
verb (used without object)
to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
will be breathing
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future progressiveof breathe.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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Rarefied air and how Townsend's players will be breathing it in right now.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
“Once they are able to lift these last two sections and put them on a barge, I will be breathing a sigh of relief.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
Bottom line: 2021 will be breathing on our breakfast before we know it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
It’s tempting to think they can do this forever, or to just trim them down to 11–5 because of Deflategate but assume they will be breathing vengeful fire come the playoffs.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2016
And all the while he will be breathing hard like a man who has swum a distance.
From Counter-Attack and Other Poems by Siegfried Sassoon
