A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
Used in a Sentence
breaths
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for breaths.
Editorial note
Try to allow your muscles to relax and be stretched by the breaths (but keep the back straight).
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of breaths gathered in one view.
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for breaths.
noun
A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
noun
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
noun
(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
noun
(uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
Example sentences
Try to allow your muscles to relax and be stretched by the breaths (but keep the back straight).
Others will take a few deep breaths to calm themselves before digging in to analyze the problem.
Now inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths.
Getting started is easy: take easy, natural breaths, counting them until you get to ten.
That said, the CEO should've taken a few deep breaths before posting what he did.
I was so stressed I rushed through the material and I was taking too shallow breaths, too rarely.
He is vilified simply because he became the last CEO of a beloved empire which was already gasping for it's last breaths.
I realize that my post breaths some arrogance and of course it is easy to burn something down.
I hope this breaths new life into ducksboard as it seems they have stagnated quite a bit.
The point of punctuation is to convey where pauses and breaths should be taken when reading something (at least in this sort of context).
Count your breaths until 10 and then count backwards down again.
If you brush before sleep (with triclosan, a very common antibacterial agent), you breathe >25% of your breaths through a mouth populated with antibacterial agents.
Quote examples
I go close to his ears and keep talking very slowly but with normal voice like " do you know one thing that...." And give a pause and again slowly taking deep breaths and blowing air...
Is not about "masculinity", is about hatred for everything that breaths, for not fitting into society and the complete lack of social skills that I supposed I was too stupid to learn or that society didn't teach me.
Ludwik Fleck's "Genesis and development of a scientific fact" goes very much in the line of "[science] only exists in a living community of mathematicians that spreads understanding and breaths life into ideas both old and new." (written pre-WW2; it served as an inspiration for Khun).
"We weren’t sure if we should feel insulted or complimented, but after a few deep breaths (and a lot of kicking under the table by my head of business development) my smart VP of business development used it as an opportunity to point out how honored we were that there was an obvious strategic alignment between the two companies." And there's an example of the diplomacy I was speaking of.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use breaths in a sentence?
Try to allow your muscles to relax and be stretched by the breaths (but keep the back straight).
What does breaths mean?
A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
What part of speech is breaths?
breaths is commonly used as noun.