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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : eks-huh-ley-shuh n, ek-suh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛks həˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɛk sə- |
Définition of exhalation
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin exhalationem (nominative exhalatio), noun of action from past participle stem of exhalare (see exhale).
- noun breathing out
- noun that which is exhaled
- It carries in its bosom all the energies of the past, yet is itself an exhalation of the morning.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Inhalation and exhalation should be gradual and natural, not spasmodic.
- Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
- This is the higher and more obvious degree of the function of exhalation.
- Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew
- During the exhalation be sure to keep the upper chest still.
- Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
- He considered the stars to be fed by exhalation from the Earth.
- Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) » by George Grote
- The exhalation was concluded to have something divine in it.
- Extract from : « Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) » by Charles Bucke
- With the exhalation of his last breath, his soul is thought to depart from him.
- Extract from : « Elements of Folk Psychology » by Wilhelm Wundt
- The sigh of envy will merge into an exhalation of joy over the artistry of it.
- Extract from : « She Stands Accused » by Victor MacClure
- It rose, indeed, 'like an exhalation of rich distilled perfumes.'
- Extract from : « Table-Talk » by William Hazlitt
- An exhalation, foul as a corpse long unburied, fanned his face.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories, February, 1931 » by Various
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