Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: breaths
IPA transcription: [bɹ'ɛθs]
Usage examples
  • The parson folded his arms and drew in long breaths of delight.
  • The vigorous exercise forced him to take deep breaths, and developed lung power.
  • At parties there are always a couple of hot breaths of passion fanning your neck.
  • Tad explained as best he could between breaths, at which the men laughed more heartily than ever.
  • Etymologically, in fact, ghosts and gusts, breaths and breezes, the Great Spirit and the Great Wind, are one and the same.
  • The old man's pallid lips moved as though mechanically, and permitted the passage of words that were barely audible, like breaths in the death agony:
  • He dropped his legs, crossed one leg over the other knee, and taking it in his hand, felt the springy muscle of the calf, where it had been grazed the day before by his fall, and leaning back he drew several deep breaths.