Synonyms for breathing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bree-th ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbri ðɪŋ

Définition of breathing

Origin : c.1300, not in Old English, but it retains the original Old English vowel of its source word, breath. Related: Breathed; breathing.

adj respiring
adj alive

Example sentences :

It is only the true lover to whom the breathing form is as sacred as the breathless.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

At length her head came up a little and her breathing was easier and easier.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

A man is but a beast as he lives from day to day, eating and drinking, breathing and sleeping.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Wilson was breathing quietly: his color was coming up, as he rallied from the shock.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

For a long time he did not move, but I could see he was breathing.
Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase

Then, as her breathing had become quiet, he went downstairs, as he heard his wife come in.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

She was startled and stood quietly, but breathing more quickly.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

When her breathing stopped I expected it to go on, but it did not go on, and that was all.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

Dick's throat and mouth were parched, and he felt as if he were breathing fire.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

They stared at each other, breathing hard from more than the race they had run.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Antonyms for breathing

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