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How to use exhale in a sentence

24 example sentences · verb, noun

Exhale means to expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out. Example: “The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.”

Examples of exhale by meaning

verbTo pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.

  • Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray, published 2009, page 9

verbTo emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).

  • The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

verbTo draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.

  • The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.

nounAn exhalation.

  • Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale.2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice

More sentences with exhale

  • She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong.From the entry sixties
  • Their blossoms exhaled pouchesful of musk, and the birds vied with one another in their strange speech.2021, Abū l-Muṭahhar al-Azdī; Emily Selove and Geert Jan van Gelder, editors, translators, and annotators, The Portrait of Abū l-Qāsim…. From the entry pouchful
  • Exhale and engage the navel, turn the spine to the right.2017, Sian O'Neill, Yoga Teaching Handbook, page 51. From the entry unspin
  • She exhales a cloud of ganja that envelops herself and the boy.2016, Kei Miller, “Chapter 1”, in Augustown, New York: Pantheon, pages 14–15. From the entry spliff
  • Finally, I took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and knocked on the door.2013, Susan Clare, Namaste Baby: A Journey to Surrogacy in India, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 241. From the entry namaste
  • It vapes plenty; you just can't inhale and exhale much of anything.2008 March 2, marian00, "Re: NJOY International"…. From the entry vape
  • The opponent must not be able to recognize when we inhale and when we exhale.1998, Rudolf Jakhel, Modern Sports Karate: Basics of Techniques and Tactics, Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN. From the entry mask
  • Liddell nodded, exhaled a feathery tendril of dirty white smoke ceilingward.1949, Frank Kane, Green Light for Death, Prologue Books, published 2012, →ISBN. From the entry ceilingward
  • The verse exhales sweet sound, and light-like thought, as perfumes do; but we cannot explain just why.1930, John Thomas Ingram Bryan, The Philosophy of English Literature, page 27. From the entry undulating
  • Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time.2018 August 21, Nicola Harvey, Mindful Little Yogis: Self-Regulation Tools to Empower Kids with Special Needs to Breathe and Relax…. From the entry bloop
  • “Not at all,” he agreed, and lay back, exhaling, allowingly.2012, Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata. From the entry allowingly
  • The nuclear magnetic resonance metabonomic approach could identify the metabolic fingerprint of exhaled breath condensate in different clinical sets of data.2008 October 31, G. de Laurentiis et al., “Metabonomic analysis of exhaled breath condensate in adults by nuclear magnetic resonance…. From the entry metabonomic
  • A further wave of fluorescent balloons gently deflated, exhaling into miniature harmonicas to breathe an eerie music of the spheres.1996 October 17, Judith Palmer, “Culture: EVENT The Incident ICA, London”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 17 Jan 2016. From the entry music of the spheres
  • Exhaled breath fingerprinting, or breathprinting, is of course noninvasive, but this is not enough to make it a valuable criterion for diagnosis.2018, Giorgio Pennazza, Breath Analysis, page 183. From the entry breathprinting
  • A common tool known as a sploof—a cardboard tube stuffed with dryer sheets—traps the pungent smoke when a user exhales into it.2014 December 5, I.M. Stoned, Dope: The 200 Most Awesome Things About Weed, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry sploof
  • We exhaled, and she promptly postholed.2012, Carol Stone White, Peak Experiences, →ISBN. From the entry posthole
  • When you feel ready, slowly exhale, allowing the air to move comfortably from your abdominal region up through the top of your head.2011 August 5, Brian Seaward, The Art of Peace and Relaxation Workbook, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 228. From the entry abdominal region
  • Daria closed her eyes, exhaling slow smoke through her nostrils, listening to the bumpity sound of wheels on the polished cobblestone unevenness of the street.1998, R. Kiernan, chapter 1, in Silk. From the entry bumpity
  • The smell of the damp eucalypt palings that clad the walls exhaling their aromatic resin into the house, mingling with the fragrance of the myrtle burning in the fireplace.1997, Richard Flanagan, chapter 6, in The Sound of One Hand Clapping, New York: Grove Press, published 2014. From the entry paling
  • Side plank and kneeling side plank target the oblique abdominal muscles, the two layers of muscle in your torso that work together to help you exhale, side bend, and twist.2015, Beth Shaw, Beth Shaw's YogaFit, page 55. From the entry side plank

Meaning of exhale

  1. verb To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
  2. verb To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
  3. verb To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.

Full definition of exhale

Questions about exhale in a sentence

How do you use exhale in a sentence?
Exhale is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.”
What is a short sentence with exhale?
“We exhaled, and she promptly postholed.”
What does exhale mean?
Exhale means to expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.

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