Respire in a sentence as a verb

Fire is a gas, so it can't "respire" the same way.

The English words "respire" and "spirit" have the same root, too.

I don't know how you define "respire", but water dissolves and releases gases.

"That will also stop you eating, you'll die, decompose, and the carbon will become available to other things that respire.

Actually, they release CO2 in the day time too, because plants also respire, they breathe oxygen, and release CO2, and when there is light, some of that CO2 can be used to make energy; they are efficient that way.

Respire definitions

verb

breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

verb

undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

verb

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

See also: breathe suspire