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Sentences starting with breath

Breath of balm, and a languor falling Out of the gleam of a sunset sky; Peace, deep peace and a seraph's calling, Folded hands and a pleading cry. [11]

Sentences ending with breath

He was the worst son of a thief that ever drawed breath. [5]
When the old woman laid down the comb Uarda drew a long breath. [10]
We watched Xavier with bated breath. [9]
There are three wicks, you know, to the lamp of a man's life: brain, blood, and breath. [6]
But your brother, whom we sent to his grave as a bridegroom--he cursed us with his dying breath. [10]
The long hall, which ran from street to street, was packed, the people surging backward and forward, and falling roughly against the mahogany pieces; and apologizing, and scolding, and swearing all in a breath. [9]
At last they were still, her eyelids fell, her hands dropped the crucifix, a slight shiver ran through her limbs, which then relaxed, and she opened her mouth as though to draw a deeper breath. [10]
One day she went quickly upstairs and found herself out of breath. [2]
Because the man we have feared, Monsieur Mallard--" "I never feared him," said Rosalie, scarcely above her breath. [11]
The admiration which was universally excited by his beauty gave him no pleasure, and many a time he felt as though it was not worth while to stir a limb or draw a breath. [10]

Short sentences using breath

The crowd held their breath. [11]
Siebenburg's breath came quicker. [10]
He drew a long breath. [9]
His breath scorched his throat. [11]
Could you smell his breath? [5]
The Mistress caught her breath. [6]
Its breath is frost. [4]
Now her breath fanned him. [11]
He could not draw breath. [2]
Stephen took a deep breath. [9]

Sentences containing breath two or more times

But Clement told his story calmly through to the end, sliding gently over its later incidents, for Myrtle's heart was throbbing violently, and her breath a little catching and sighing, as when she had first lived with the new life his breath had given her. [6]

More example sentences with the word breath in them

To men like you, work is as the breath of life. [11]
Does it make you wink, and choke, and your eyes water, and your breath come short--does it? [12]
Now and then, yes, very often, out of some paradise, no doubt, strays into New England conditions of reticence and self-denial such a sweet spirit, to diffuse a breath of heaven in its atmosphere, and to wither like a rose ungathered. [4]
Think what it would be if the grasp were tightened so that no breath of air could enter your panting chest! [6]
They could exchange words and looks, they could arrange private interviews, they would be stooping together over the same book, her hair touching his cheek, her breath mingling with his, all the magnetic attractions drawing them together with strange, invisible effluences. [6]
At every third word his breath fails. [10]
It was a wondrous ramble; now and then I gasped for breath, yet on we went till, on the topmost bough of an oak, behold, there was Lorenz Abenberger, and the evil words he spoke made me wake up. [10]
Love is not won in a breath, Idle, impassioned and sure; Why should not love then endure, Challenging doubt to the last? [11]
To repay them with treachery and desertion was foreign to his nature and, drawing a long breath, he sprang to his feet with the conviction that he had chosen aright. [10]
Slow she said, with piercing breath, "Rebel fighter dies rebel death! [11]
Her bosom heaved with her deep breath, the delicate nostrils quivered, and the great eyes flashed with wrathful light. [10]
He crouched down with bated breath and held the bristling dog. [13]
He said this with an honesty which took away the breath of the House. [11]
And here I wish to take breath for a short, separate paragraph. [6]
There was no wind, apparently no breath of air, yet the leaves of the trees moved, the weather-vanes turned slightly, the animals in the byres roused themselves, and slumbering folk opening their eyes, turned over in their beds, and dropped into a troubled doze again. [11]
The prime minister, whose last breath was spent in scolding his nurse, dies with a magnificent apothegm on his lips, manufactured by a reporter. [6]
For a little while we are going to gallop through the years as before we have ambled through the days, although the reader's breath may be taken away in the process. [9]
That first long whiff was like the indrawn breath of the cold, starved hunter, when, stepping into his house, he sees food, fire, and wife on his hearthstone. [11]
This great marvel which we have just witnessed, fellow-savants (it almost takes my breath away), is nothing less than the transit of Venus! [5]
The cold breath which fanned his cheek was certainly no mere draught. [10]
In the valley where the moonlight fell in icy coldness a herd of cattle was moving, and their breath rose like the spray from sea-beaten rocks, and the sound of their breathing was borne upwards to the watchers. [11]
Listen to them, when there is only a light breath stirring, and you will hear them saying to each other,--"Wait awhile! [6]
But at last, when over half a mile of rope had slidden away, it stopped gliding and stood absolutely still--one minute--two minutes--three--while we held our breath and watched. [5]
Jethro drew breath when he saw that look, as if a great load had been lifted from his heart. [9]
She was like wet clay on which even the light touch of a butterfly leaves a mark, her sister like a mirror from which the breath that has dimmed it instantly and entirely vanishes. [10]
Among the latter were Mrs. Tynan and her daughter and Malachi Deely; among those who held their breath in suspence were John Sibley, Studd Bradley the financier, and the Young Doctor. [11]
Excitement and adventure were as the breath of life to him, and since he had played his little part at the Jersey battle in a bandbox eleven years before, he had touched hands with accidents of flood and field in many countries. [11]
John at once went with the messenger, and Paula drew a deep breath as she saw him depart. [10]
Every time he went sailing over one of those abysses my breath stood still, and when he grabbed for the perch he was going for, I grabbed too, in sympathy. [5]
The maiden who was the subject of this whispering, whose purport only a loving glance from the Lady Wendula revealed, pressed her hand upon her heart, whose impetuous throbbing stifled her breath. [10]
And my breath was quite taken away when I first caught sight of it on the high table-land. [9]
A good post was procured for him, with a rapidity which took away his breath, by some of the gentlemen who had believed him guilty of the offence laid to his charge, and who had acted upon that belief. [12]
William Wetherell, who was looking out of the window, drew his breath, and even Jethro drew back with an exclamation at the change wrought in her. [9]
Miss Hopkins's breath was literally taken away, and for once she found no retort. [9]
This sombre oaken wall had been handed down through four generations from the man's great-grandfather: the breath of generations had steeped it in human association. [11]
It makes him very disagreeable, because it makes his breath bad, and keeps his teeth all stuck up with tar. [5]
He had that very day rejected, without pity, a noble Roman lady who petitioned for her husband's life, and with the same breath he had afterwards befooled her! [10]
The time go ver' fast, and my breath catch in my throat to see how great the stakes they play for. [11]
At last she ventured, and her breath came a little shorter as she spoke. [11]
The Tribune modestly ventured the theory that Mr. Crewe had appeared to each of the twenty in a dream, with a flaming sword pointing to the steam of the dragon's breath. [9]
Down swept that vast horse-shoe wave--it approached the sand-belt--my breath stood still; nearer, nearer--the strip of green turf beyond the yellow belt grew narrow--narrower still--became a mere ribbon in front of the horses--then disappeared under their hoofs. [5]
Now she turned upon him with panting breath and said: "My lord, my lord, I will hear no more. [11]
I say "Private" up there because I've got an adventure to tell, and you mustn't let a breath of it get out. [5]
As he held up his hand, however, in token of his wish that they should be silent, they were considerate enough to leave off, as soon as the longest-winded among them were quite out of breath. [12]
Sick of my unwalled, solitary realm, I ask to change the myriad lifeless worlds I visit as mine own for one poor patch Of this dull spheroid and a little breath To shape in word or deed to serve my kind. [6]
Now she should understand that something which had made the old Duc de Bercy with his last breath say, Don't be afraid! [11]
Lazenby was muttering under his breath now; he was overwhelmed by this change in Wine Face. [11]
His every breath, Ulrich thought, must henceforth be a prayer, a prayer of gratitude to Him, who is love itself, the Love, through and in which he lived. [10]
I pronounce the two benedictions in the same breath, as the late king's demise and the new king's accession are proclaimed by the same voice at the same moment. [3]
The clock struck twelve, the nurse told me, as he drew his last breath, and then, without any known cause, stopped, with both hands upon the hour. [6]
My cough still troubles me a good deal, especially in the night, and, what seems worse than all, I am subject to great shortness of breath on going up-stairs or any slight exertion. [14]
I heard a tremulous catching of the breath, something like a sob, close by me. [6]
Like the famous toy of Mongolfier, it rose by means of heated air,--the fevered breath of enthusiastic ignorance,--and when this grew cool, as it always does in a little while, it collapsed and fell. [3]
The weather clears, toward dawn, and leaves a brisk pure atmosphere and a sky without a shred of cloud in it--and everything is still, there is not a breath of wind. [5]
The sight nearly took his breath away!--He stood gazing at the fair young face like one transfixed; then presently ejaculated-- "Lo, the Lord of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows on his throne! [5]
She was almost too far gone to be resuscitated, but Clement put his mouth to hers and kept her breathing until her own breath returned and she gradually came to. [6]
As soon as Tom got his breath he said: "Huck, it was awful! [5]
If I were to waste my breath until six o'clock, it would be no use. [9]
The North responds to the proclamation sufficiently in breath; but breath alone kills no rebels. [7]
Tom was introduced to the Judge; but his tongue was tied, his breath would hardly come, his heart quaked--partly because of the awful greatness of the man, but mainly because he was her parent. [5]
Their breath added to the heat of the advancing day; and though the smoke was borne southwards by the wind, a few cloudlets came over to the boat, choking the sisters and their deliverers. [10]
He turned, went to the door and opened it, for his breath choked him. [11]
Thus, away back to the Constitution, in the pure, fresh, free breath of the Revolution, the State of Virginia and the national Congress put that policy into practice. [7]
It was enough to take a body's breath away. [5]
She would like to see Mrs. Delancy, and she wouldn't mind a breath of air that was more easily to be analyzed than that she existed in, but nothing could induce her to give up her cases. [4]
And it came to pass that after he had smote off the head of Shiz, that Shiz raised upon his hands and fell; and after that he had struggled for breath, he died. [5]
Then they settled to listening; and as the story deepened and its marvels grew, the amazement of it made them dumb, and the interest of it took their breath. [5]
No use trying to hold your breath until the first ballot is announced; it takes time to obtain the votes of one thousand men--especially when neither General Doby nor any one else knows who they are! [9]
Again I cried to her to set me down; but though her heart beat faster and her breath came shorter, she held me the tighter. [9]
It is hard to get one's breath at such a time, such lumps come into one's throat, and such gaspings; but as soon as I could speak, I said: "But this is a mistake--the execution is to-morrow. [5]
She listened attentively to every breath, and looked as if spell-bound into his face, until she was quite sure that sleep had completely overcome Caesar. [10]
The saddle-bag began to drag her down; she gasped for breath, she thought her heart was bursting. [13]
When he came to dinner the next week and spread out his sketch on the living-room table Maude drew in her breath. [9]
My breath began to come quickly. [9]
Sometimes Florence ceases to be substantial, and becomes just a faint soft dream, with domes and towers of air, and one is persuaded that he might blow it away with a puff of his breath. [5]
I have many times stopped short and held my breath, and felt the blood leaving my cheeks, in one of these sudden clairvoyant flashes. [6]
He moved not till I spoke to him; then he dried his wet eyes with his fur hood, and when I laid my hand on his shoulder he drew a deep breath, and said: "It has been a moving morning, Mistress Margery. [10]
But don't stir till aw gie you the word, or aw'll choke the breath o' life out o' ye. [11]
The unfortunate woman, thus thrown off her guard, flung herself back on her couch and, panting for breath, with tears streaming from her eyes, sobbed aloud, declaring that in the presence of such unendurable insult, such contemptible baseness, she fairly loathed herself. [10]
It was as though one in armour awaited the impact of a heavy, cruel, overwhelming foe, who suddenly disappeared, and the armour fell from the shoulders, and breath came easily once again. [11]
She felt as though a heavy weight lay on her breast, and to relieve its intolerable pressure drew in her breath deeply. [9]
The witch observed this; she took breath and went on: "You lords, who walk in high places, do not know how things go on in the depths beneath you; you do not choose to know. [10]
The divine in this woman of the streets regenerated by the divine in her fellow-creatures, was gasping like a new-born babe for breath. [9]
I will condense this account, as follows: On the 12th of August, 1861, at the hour of the close of mass, a guide arrived out of breath at the mairie of Chamonix, and bearing on his shoulders a very lugubrious burden. [5]
Here and there they burst out in sudden conflagrations of vivid yellow against a background of sober or sombre color, with a so startling effect as to make a body catch his breath with the happy surprise of it. [5]
I got down there all out of breath but loaded up with joy, and sung out: "Set her loose, Jim! [5]
Everybody dropped in there after five o'clock, when the duties of the day were over, with the latest news, and to catch breath before rushing into the program of the evening. [4]
Every now and then I stopped a second amongst the thick leaves and listened, but my breath come so hard I couldn't hear nothing else. [5]
The animals hide themselves from my breath, and the very ground becomes as hard as flint. [5]
Wisdom is of thee as the breath of man is his life. [11]
Who return to the world; Who flame at the breath Of the Mockers of Death. [11]
When he returned, the unhappy youth was still standing in the same place, gazing, panting for breath, at his condemned work. [10]
The reference to the unfortunate Mr. Blodgett, after taking his breath away, aroused in him an intense curiosity betraying, as it did, a certain knowledge of past events in his life in the hitherto unknown daughter of Augustus interest could she have in him? [9]
No sooner had the town heard with bated breath of the expulsion of the first citizen from the inner sanctuary of the post-office, than the news of another event began to go the rounds. [9]
Sellers came down the street on a run and arrived panting for breath. [5]
The flame touched the sticks at last, took gradual hold upon them--hesitated--took a stronger hold --hesitated again--held its breath five heart-breaking seconds, then gave a sort of human gasp and went out. [5]
Victoria, gazing at the scene, drew a deep breath, and turned and looked at him in the quick way which he remembered so well. [9]
She added in the same breath, as if fearful of any further questioning, 'But please will you leave a card or message? [12]
There--the figures nearest the queen are Sir Launcelot with his sword up, and Sir Gareth gasping his latest breath. [5]
The intellect, say the priestly sages, is a vivifying breath of the eternal spirit, and our soul is the mould or core for the mass of matter which we call a human being. [10]

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