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Grammar : Noun
Spell : eks-huh-ley-shuh n, ek-suh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛks həˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɛk sə-



Définition of exhalation

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin exhalationem (nominative exhalatio), noun of action from past participle stem of exhalare (see exhale).
  • noun breathing out
  • noun that which is exhaled
Example sentences :
  • It carries in its bosom all the energies of the past, yet is itself an exhalation of the morning.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Inhalation and exhalation should be gradual and natural, not spasmodic.
  • Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
  • This is the higher and more obvious degree of the function of exhalation.
  • Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew
  • During the exhalation be sure to keep the upper chest still.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
  • He considered the stars to be fed by exhalation from the Earth.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) » by George Grote
  • The exhalation was concluded to have something divine in it.
  • Extract from : « Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) » by Charles Bucke
  • With the exhalation of his last breath, his soul is thought to depart from him.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Folk Psychology » by Wilhelm Wundt
  • The sigh of envy will merge into an exhalation of joy over the artistry of it.
  • Extract from : « She Stands Accused » by Victor MacClure
  • It rose, indeed, 'like an exhalation of rich distilled perfumes.'
  • Extract from : « Table-Talk » by William Hazlitt
  • An exhalation, foul as a corpse long unburied, fanned his face.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, February, 1931 » by Various

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