Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective breathing out; exhalation{1}.
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- verb Present participle of
exhale .
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Examples
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His mother tried once to smooth down his outfits with her own, separated iron, but when the child saw what was his head, standing by itself, with steam exhaling from the flat silver base just like his breath, he shrieked a tinny scream and matching steam streamed from his chin as it did when he was particularly upset.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Except for a kind of exhaling noise he made when he stood outside the car, he wasn't going to show me that it bothered him.
Goodnight, Irene Burke, Jan 1993
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Hillary says world 'exhaling' with Obama at top ... marcfrans on Mon, 2009-01-26 22: 57.
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009
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He took the last drag from his cigarette and dropped it into the dust pan, exhaling the smoke into the air in front of him.
Agape J. E. Cammon 2011
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“Right, well, I rang my old pal like you asked me to,” Brennan said at last, exhaling heavily like a man deciding that, sometimes, you just had to bend the rules to get results.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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Feel how your lungs expand and what your chest feels like after exhaling.
Five Golf Tips To Help You Stop Missing Birds With Your Shotgun 2009
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Feel how your lungs expand and what your chest feels like after exhaling.
Five Golf Tips To Help You Stop Missing Birds With Your Shotgun 2009
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She recalls watching her ribcage protrude when exhaling.
Sex trafficking in the UK: one woman's horrific story of kidnap, rape, beatings and prostitution 2011
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I hold my head up and sashay back over to my workstation, like nothing ever happened, slowly exhaling.
Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011
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I catch sight of a fainting over my left shoulder, a woman who crumples onto a bench and is laid flat on her back, exhaling heavily.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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