I breathed heavily from working with the ball. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cole cleared his mind, breathed deeply, and sat completely still. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The first thing we had to do when people were in the house was to wait, very still, and pick up the sounds of breathing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, the languorous, limp hand coming to rest at her side while her breathing was coming so quick and fast. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She deserved it,” Harry said, breathing very fast. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of ministrations, however, it was clear that the unconscious Hamilton was breathing regularly, so they carried him down to the river. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ivy tried to breathe it in, like the color could untie the sudden knot in her throat. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was hard to breathe, but she didn’t want to move. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He laughed and kissed her softly, breathing in jasmine and coconut. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There’s no one else here except my mother, who never reads, and my nurse, Carla, who has no time to read because she spends all her time watching me breathe. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The driver rolls his shoulders and lights up a cigarette, breathing a gray cloud out through his nostrils like fog in the cool morning air. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listen for his breathing, she told herself, but there was nothing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My heart beats so fast and hard that I can hardly breathe, and I wonder if anything will ever get better. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He pushed the dead Orc to one side, then hardly daring to breathe, he drew the knot of the wrist-cord up and down against the blade of the knife. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I felt a heavy sorrow gagging my heart, and it was hard to breathe. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slow and deep, breathe in the air, little human, stop thinking. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His expression was at once casual and turbulent; his eyes were distant and his mouth was steady, but his nostrils flared slightly with his breathing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The giant appeared even larger up close than it had from the shore, and peering down into its dark throat, I swore I could almost hear old Cuthbert breathing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I find that I can breathe in and out, all the way down to the bottom of my lungs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You look so much older,” I said, once they loosened their grips enough to let me breathe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thanks, Jam signed, smiling as she gave Malachite a quick hug, breathing in the smell of yeast and flour. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then Bast drew a chair alongside the bed and sat, watching his master, listening to him breathe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They rushed the grove together, kicking through drifts of old snow with no sound but their breathing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. D. C. Taylor, a frequent visitor to the fair, called Krupp’s biggest gun “a fearful hideous thing, breathing of blood and carnage, a triumph of barbarism crouching amid the world’s triumphs of civilization.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The old soldier responded by tightening his grip around his neck, making it hard for him to breathe. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The plane’s Zairean crew was terrified, afraid to breathe the air, and they left the propellers idling while they shoved the doctors down the gangway and heaved their bags out after them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed in and tried to let the anger go. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Momma reminds me to breathe, the same way she did before I outgrew asthma. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I stared at my hands against the cold brick and breathed quickly. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I put my camera back in my purse and let myself breathe it all in; there’s no point in trying to film because there isn’t enough light. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Inside the tent Harry’s breathing was shallow with excitement: He and Hermione stared at each other, listening as hard as they could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jule sat on the edge of the bathtub and forced herself to breathe slowly. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a couple of blocks, when I could breathe a little easier, I craned to look around. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he could hear was the breathing of the soldiers. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The need to pause and breathe and not come out swinging. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was also as if she couldn’t breathe. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my face toward her downy head and breathed in the baby scent of her. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Together they stood waiting, panting slightly, breathing in the smell of the dirty river that was carried to them on the night breeze. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He knew what it was like: the terrible, agonizing pain which was there all the while but could not be suffered yet, because before all else it was necessary to be able to breathe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At first I think it’s to protect me—but no, he’s having trouble breathing and he needs me to steady him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice to have a little breathing room.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

You rearrange your posture; you measure out your breathing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother gets up, walks over to my chair, and hugs me so hard I can’t breathe for a moment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As Otto’s breathing slowed; I realized an unexpected miracle: I might sleep tonight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

That something will happen and I can start breathing again. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The audience seemed to have become one, its breathing and articulation synchronized. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is breathing hard, and his panting is music. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singing had come easier than breathing to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He breathed deeply, trying to inhale the immensity of it, trying to take it all inside himself, the way the arroyo sand swallowed time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You don't really think one of us could have killed a living, breathing human being in cold blood, do you, Mrs. Baumbach? Do you?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The run is getting to him and he’s breathing heavily. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and took deep gulps of air, trying to breathe in the place. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He breathed deep again and slowly lifted his head, then shifted his weight backward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was suddenly hard for me to breathe. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Why had he ever let his mind wander in class — what if a teacher had once mentioned how to breathe underwater? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When three times her weight is pushing down on her in g-force training, she has to concentrate and remember to breathe. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I start shaking my hands because that word is too scary and I can barely breathe. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy centered herself and brought her breathing under control. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Jacobs gives me a look like my heavy breathing is bothering her, and then she asks if anyone wants to share anything from their eyeball journals. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His breathing deepened into a gentle snore, as if he’d been asleep for hours. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My body loosened up then, and I started to breathe again too, but the easy-living party in the corridor didn’t last. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sound of our breathing seems to echo as we wait to make sure the trio is gone. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I will try anything to get out of meetings with Mr. Skerritt and his noisy breathing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It emptied his lungs so completely that he could only begin breathing again by lying on his back and taking a series of deep gasps. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I stood there and suddenly realized I was breathing hard, but they were turning away from me to take another route home. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But all I feel is relief—relief—as though I’ve been underwater and breathing through a straw for the last two months, and now I have my head in the air again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He lay in the thicket, afraid to breathe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I let myself breathe out, feeling less like one of Anatole’s schoolboys taking a scolding. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s demons in that tub, just waiting to pull me under, and I kinda like being able to breathe. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I listen to Mrs. Malloy’s words as I breathe in and out, in and out. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I breathed deeply of the sweetly scented air. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mama turned her face up to the ceiling and breathed deep, like she was gasping for air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Put your hand here,” breathed Ruby, and he obeyed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He stood behind Davenport and regarded us for a moment, breathing hard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was desperate to find a place where he could breathe. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When I saw my mom and sister in the hotel lobby, I was so happy to see them, I breathed a sigh of relief. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His nose was pinched and he breathed with quick, short breaths through his slightly open mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But his spine relaxed, and he continued his controlled breathing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I just sat there breathing heavily through my nose. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Standing in the clear sunshine, the prince breathed in the sweet, fresh air. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mark kept his footsteps light and his breathing shallow, trying to stay silent. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He half expected Wylan wouldn’t follow, but he could hear the merchling behind him, breathing hard, a low whistle in his lungs as they pounded toward the next stack of barrels. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I waited, rocked him until his breathing slowed and his body slackened. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker and I were both breathing pretty hard by this time, so what she said next came out in a sort of strangled whisper. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I actually breathed a relieved gasp at seeing him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hideo stands there for a moment, breathing heavily, his expression hard. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I breathed in through my nose and exhaled through my dry lips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I knew I was too old, but I snuggled close to Dad anyway and breathed deep into his shirt, trying to memorize his familiar smell of laundry detergent, peppermint gum, and sweat. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see any blood, which was a relief, but I couldn’t hear him breathing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s hackles instinctively went up, and then she breathed them away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I lay down on the bank, breathing hard, looking up at the raw-bacon sky, streaked with color. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes,” she breathed, gazing at the fabulous creature. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt myself breathe out a little of the collective sigh of relief. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loki, who plotted and planned as easily as other folk breathed in and out, smiled at Thor’s anger and innocence. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I am breathing hard, and I should have waited to knock so I could catch my breath, but No, I think, I’m in too much of a hurry. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I got back into the robe he had given me, and he began sewing like the devil was breathing down his neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The moment slows, and I can hear us breathing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’d been given a front of his neck so a breathing tube could be inserted into his trachea, or windpipe. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“This way, Harry,” breathed Luna, plucking his sleeve and pulling him toward a spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The room was quiet, but for quick breathing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He always hid a bottle of liquor in the kitchen cabinet and he’d take big swigs from it and lean on the counter, breathing heavily. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do, and I breathed a sigh of relief when Shriya came up the path from the far end of the bluff. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan got on his hands and knees and began to crawl on the floor, careful not to breathe loudly. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As he breathed his last, he thanked me for allowing him to die fighting. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I breathed easier, but when we pulled into the empty lot behind the police station, they were waiting on the back steps. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before he could breathe again, another whale rose, then another and still another until four of them surrounded the cockpit, moving with the boat in tandem, looking down on David sitting beneath them. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has the heavy breathing and the choking sounds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she hummed so softly that the child heard the deep concerned breathing of terror above the sound of the humming. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting nearby, watching television, trying not to scream from the pain each time I breathed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shielding his eyes with his hand, he fired the full clip in his automatic toward the sound of the Laughing Man’s heavy, sibilant breathing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes were still closed, his breathing heavy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She listened for a moment to his slightly raspy breathing, then softly touched his cheek. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple breathed out, her body turning to liquid gold under the slow fire of his lips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I breathed in the welcome scent of pine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He lived in a thin, hard core of consciousness; he felt time slipping by; the darkness round him lived, breathed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the carriage moves along in what seems to be a circular pattern, Bailey can hear nothing but a soft creak and the sound of Poppet breathing next to him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was half open, her breathing loud and low. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, Tanisha breathes a sigh of relief and runs off the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The recorder is close to her mouth and with each break in her words I can hear her breathe. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I bent over and put my hands on my knees and breathed deep. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All at once he couldn’t breathe, and he wasn’t sure he wanted to. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We didn’t stop when Goeth was out of sight, but I could finally breathe. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, our friends in Houston were kidding, because the moon doesn’t have any cinnamon trees or even any air for people or rabbits to breathe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the railing next to Toby, breathing hard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And dried my eyes and breathed again and let some of that go. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They got the canopy fixed and sat still, Alice holding Lyra tight and whispering to keep her quiet, Malcolm hardly daring to breathe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lucky Girl scrambled ahead of them, loud in the vegetation, unused to climbing, breathing heavily, her clothes torn. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Down among the partitions of the maze, with so many lunch-smelling rooters breathing on him, Ralph had no idea of the direction of the peanut butter. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of her hair, the feel of her skin, the sound of her breathing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then he put on his glasses and she could hear him breathe deep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he loops his arm around my shoulder, and I’m so happy, I can barely breathe. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His ribs hurt when he breathed, but he could move his fingers and lift both legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden in the grass and underbrush, they breathed quietly and opened their ears to catch the lower tones of the men’s voices. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He’d fallen asleep with his nose in her hair, breathing her scent, holding on to her as if she were the only sure thing, the only real thing he’d ever known. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I may stop breathing, but I’m not sure. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

If I focus on breathing, I can forget that I’m about to die. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She felt his ribs against her knees and his hard breathing as she sat on him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wait until the door is shut behind me to breathe again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They lie just as easily as they breathe. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I could hear his breathing in my own body. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When he breathed the phlegm rattled in his chest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I breathed deeply and felt the crisp, clean air draft my polluted lungs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Where before there had been silence, now he heard: wind in the trees, Hodor’s breathing, the elk pawing at the ground in search of fodder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Snape made them all nervous, breathing down their necks while they tried to remember how to make a Forgetfulness potion. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

On the bank the Ford car sat, still breathing softly from its overheating. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was frightening and exciting at the same time, and he woke sweating and breathing fast, and lay holding tightly to Asta, who, of course, had been dreaming the same dream. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Beneath him, Lowry’s breathing changed into panicked, shotgun spurts. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She stiffened as his mouth touched her skin, and though the kiss was brief, he breathed in the scent of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Archer let the knife fall, from his fingers and felt the men around him breathe sighs of relief. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of the bath and closed his eyes and breathed deeply several times. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck by a wave of nausea and had to immediately cover my face with my hands and concentrate on my breathing. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I double-check his laptop to see how much longer for the download to be complete from the link I sent him, trying not to breathe more than I have to in this B. cepacia-laden room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Now, breathe into your bag. This wakes it up and gives it a purpose.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly queasy, I stumble out of the bus to walk along the river and breathe some fresh air. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he was breathing as peacefully as a baby. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The very air people breathed was somehow permeated with mud—nostrils grew clogged; ranchers hawked out great brown globs from their throats. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee was anxious about Grumman, because the other man was pale and drawn and breathing hard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new kinda energy runs thru me and I make myself sit up, ignoring the pain and bringing myself forward and breathing till I can think about standing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I lay for a second, breathing heavy, coughing but keeping my eyes peeled. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was light-skinned and skinny with white hair and she was breathing funny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to brag about this encounter, like a knight errant bragging about his coolness as he unscrews the spike from the monster’s heart and breathes life back into the fiery nostrils. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vet sat staring at Mr. Norton, who now breathed with a slightly irregular sound. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he stands there, breathing it in, looking all around. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Liam was breathing hard, his fists balled up at his sides. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The words flashed in her mind and Minli could scarcely breathe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the water slapping against the hull and Mosca breathing next to him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My world is quiet except for the deep breathing of a dog. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I giggled and rubbed his birthmark until his breathing deepened. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I rest my hands on my knees and breathe deeply as the antique shamblers amble close enough to be a threat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

While standing or sitting in certain positions, he could barely breathe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the lobby the doorman dozed, his starched bib buckling beneath his chin with his breathing, his white head bare. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth hangs open and I forget to breathe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I do some shallow breathing, because I don’t want his heel to puncture any of my internal organs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I reach the Atlantic Center Mall, and I feel like I can finally breathe. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I breathe through my mouth in an attempt to diminish the smell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It’s a way of knowing people at a glance, adding up the possibilities for exchange, and it’s as necessary as breathing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could stop your heart, slow your breathing, snap your bones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their fire whirled around him, danced with him but never hurt him: Dustfinger the tamer of flames, the man who breathed sparks, the friend of fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I breathe in my nose and out my mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A moment later, down at Camp Two, David Breashears’s radio crackled to life: it was Jangbu, reporting in a panicked voice that Chen had stopped breathing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

—It was dark, so I couldn’t see, and I was under the water, so I couldn’t breathe. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I do is breathe and not move for a minute. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She claims there is a fire-breathing paper dragon somewhere in the tent, and though Bailey believes her, he has difficulty reconciling in his head the idea of paper that breathes fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The seats are sweaty, and there’s no space to breathe, so people stick their heads out of the windows. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She breathed in damp, wheezing gasps and cursed periodically, reverting to her unintelligible native tongue. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When Mo opened the door of her room she quickly closed her eyes and tried to breathe as slowly as you do in a deep, innocent sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stopped thinking about fresh, cool air; I just wanted to breathe and not be crushed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now it's almost three already and I've wasted these hours and it's becoming difficult to breathe because six thirty is no longer far in the future. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and thought real hard about making my breathing slow down. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’s very still, as machines are breathing for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He breathed in and out through his nose. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was in such fright I could hardly breathe. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the medics arrived, he was still breathing, but they couldn’t stop the bleeding and he died in agony. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then she said it was so hot she couldn’t breathe. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you wore glasses, Potter?” breathed Greyback. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She knew death was all around, breathing down her neck like some ancient god, like the giant painted throng haint now rushing toward her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He turned; he could not see her but he could hear her hurried breathing and then a rustling of cloth. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

It served as a breathing hole for Asmodeus, also as amplification to echo the dreaded name through the caves and tunnels as a warning to intruders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her face was white, her lips almost blue, and she breathed shallowly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She borrowed a car and got here so fast Maria had just left in the ambulance and Mom was still breathing heavily as she wiped away the lines of sweat around her neck. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick breathed like he was about to speak, then he paused. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It will make Harry Potter breathe underwater, sir!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But he grinned as he said it, and looked at her like the very air she breathed was made out of sugar and spice. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I keep breathing and these thoughts start coming. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Not the greatest sorcerer in the world,” said Harry, breathing fast. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He did not move when I went up to him, nor could I see him breathing until I was very close. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat feels so tight I can hardly breathe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mostly she breathed in the sea air and thought about Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I get this pang in my stomach, like a little knot that’s twisted up tight, and I think—well, hope—that I’m still breathing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t hear her breathing, I’d think she hung up the phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I breathed in the smell of rancid fat as I knocked on Devi’s door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stood there, breathing hard and trying not to scream at the sight of all the guns. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They did not breathe, or seemed not to, perhaps, for several minutes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was hard to breathe when June looked so pretty, and Ivy hoped so much that this note meant forgiveness and that June liked the picture Ivy drew. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He breathed deeply and found the cool air good tasting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think that will happen,” I said after I could breathe again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We stood staring at one another, breathing heavily and waiting for the other to make a move. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“To die. Do you feel it? I know that it’s not the same for everyone, and that you stop breathing and your heart stops beating, but what does that feel like?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I must have slept through Dad’s going off to work the next morning, ’cause when I wake, Becky’s standing beside the couch eating a piece of honey toast and breathing on my face. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is drinking a milkshake and doesn’t seem to bother breathing as he does. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Merlyn had finished his breakfast, and was puffing at the meerschaum pipe which made his pupil believe that he breathed fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sirius Black showed he was capable of murder at the age of sixteen,” he breathed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I gritted my teeth together instead, breathed through my mouth super loud as I wiped Mong’s spit off my face and out of my hair. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Someone’s jabbing a finger in my throat again; I can’t breathe. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The witch was standing over her, looking so pleased with herself, looking as if Hazel should be pleased, too, and Hazel could barely breathe for all the coldness coming from her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I think of the way Elizabeth closed her eyes and breathed in a long sigh when the tahari was handed out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He stared straight ahead with large frightened eyes, hardly daring to breathe. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there, with his back to us, breathing the cold air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I let go of the curtain, turn away, and press my back against the wall, breathing hard. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turn up the volume and listen to him tell me what I already know, what I can feel—that it wasn’t me who couldn’t breathe, it was Megan. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s this iron skin that is doing my breathing for me, in and out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I could hear it when she spoke—the raspy breathing, the gathered mucus, the slightly mechanical tone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking, I press my face into Cheetah’s fur, breathing in her sweet-sour goat smell, wrapping my arms tightly around her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man had breathed noisily, and dribbled a little, and never woken. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I found a spot in the corner, sat on the ground, and leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s hot enough in here without an extra body breathing on me. What did your mother say before she left?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing slowed as if he might fall asleep, but then Clement hit a bump and the bonobo startled. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Baudelaire children, alone in the kitchen, found themselves breathing heavily, as if they had just run a long distance. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I lie on the floor, breathing too fast, then slower, evening out my breathing, as in the Exercises, for giving birth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they’d breathe a sigh of relief and let him into work for the day. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She wrinkled her nose as she breathed in the sickly-sweet smell. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was cool inside, and once the echo faded, the only thing Mark could hear was the sound of his own heavy breathing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Hatsue pressed against him, crying in this silent way, and breathed in the smell of Ishmael’s throat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soon we were standing outside, breathing in the damp spring air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her breathing became ragged and uncertain, as if she was trying to remember, in between breaths, what to do, what breathing was. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He could hear his heart beating and he was breathing fast; something was shaking in his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I press mv hands against the sides of my thighs, breathe in, set out along the hall and softly down the stairs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to slow my breathing down from the run over and I clenched my hands into fists to stop the shaking. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Can you imagine how the most pious king in the history of France would feel about sharing a cart with living, breathing saints? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The day was hot, like the sun was breathing on us, but the windows of the school were open and a light breeze ruffled the papers on our desks. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was very hard to breathe, and everything smelled like bologna and a little bit like orange cheese. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The third king breathed on a basket of wheat. His disease blew away with the chaff. This is why wheat chaff is able to give people tuberculosis.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matty helped him to a chair and he sat there, exhausted, breathing hard. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She breathed harder and he breathed with the same rhythm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And my brother’s really—” His eyes are everywhere except on mine and his voice is strained, probably because he’s trying to speak without breathing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Despite breathing through the paper towel, Tad tasted char and smoke. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had to open his mouth and breathe...even if it was water, and not air, that rushed into his throat. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I mute the Director’s breathing and tapping until it disappears. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I waited, hardly breathing, to see who would round the corner. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He inhaled sharply to force the breath out of him until he was breathing more in—quick and jagged—than out. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I stood there staring at this sight, breathing in the stench of the muck fire, and I started to get the feeling. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shrill cries of babies, the repetitive moans, and the echoes of shallow, labored breathing bombard the large space. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, thank God!” she said, putting a hand to her chest and breathing out gratefully. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Over and over, he breathed, trying to clear his mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The first row seemed to have more headroom and breathing area, but the second and third rows beneath them were already slimy with waste. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

How deep did I breathe when I sniffed that flask? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gurgles water with every breath, but he’s still breathing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t need my oxygen mask or breathing medicine anymore. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He won’t unplug my breathing tube or overdose me with morphine or anything like that. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, there is no freedom like the freedom of the llano!” my father said and breathed in the fresh, clean air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the cave’s entrance, with only the sound of my breathing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was having difficulty breathing—and then his breathing stopped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry breathed, and he felt the bird’s golden claws squeeze his shoulder gently. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The old trees in the orchard are in flower, white and pink; we climb up into them, breathing in their hand lotion smells, or we sit in the grass making chains of dandelions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed in a big gulp of air, let it out, and asked him if he would have to leave us soon, when everyone goes in different directions. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was getting help, and she could breathe. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sefia was afraid to breathe, afraid of disrupting those glimmering currents, but she watched, and she hoped. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Like one big mouth, we breathe in, open up, and let it all out. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was in his home in New Orleans and beside him he could hear his wife Kathy breathing, her exhalations not unlike the shushing of water against the hull of a wooden boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A little snot bubble came out of his nose, and every time he took a deep breath, the bubble went into his nose, and every time he breathed out, it formed a bubble. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I breathe in, deeply, breathe out, giving myself oxygen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped breathing, but the smell was still there. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, lying on his side on the raft in the evening light—his chest rising and falling as he breathed—he looked like he would wake up any second. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange, but I have to stop and breathe for a few seconds before I can keep practicing again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Without taking her eyes off the first target, Anya pulled an arrow out of her quiver, nocked it against the bowstring, and breathed deeply through her nose. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tiny little breaths, his chest barely rising and falling, but he was breathing, the air going in and out, and he was not the other word—not dead—and Brian leaned over him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The air smells like dirt and apples, and I try not to breathe it too loudly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She bent over, focusing on her breathing, and waited for the cramp to pass. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Which explains why for a period of time previously considered humanly impossible, I maintain my life force without benefit of breathing. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had red splotches on his cheeks and was breathing rapidly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scanned the yard, the woods, breathing hard, cursing myself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lucas followed behind me down the hallway, his breathing heavy. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I have trouble breathing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He lay in the mud on the side of the embankment, his feet pointing downhill, breathing blood irregularly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Still breathing very fast, Harry heard Snape walking away down the corridor; Filch handed Moody the egg and disappeared from view too, muttering to Mrs. Norris. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He lumbered out of the room, and Nhamo’s breathing became regular again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was breathing heavily, its muscled shoulders going up and down and up and down as the room shook from the force of its growls. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Barely daring to breathe, Dimple repeated verbatim what she’d told Mamma. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I breathe her in, and she smells like a mixture of everything nice in this world. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my arm around him and whispered, “It’s okay. Just breathe.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He doesn't dare breathe, must keep hope from flying out of his chest. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Muselmanners were different in the way they breathed through their mouths, in the way they dragged their feet when they walked—if they could walk. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe through my mouth and try to control the shaking of my arms and legs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Only when I breathe deep,” Adam said softly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Climbing, she held her mittened hands to her mouth and breathed into them for warmth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Millard made a strangled noise in his throat and started breathing weirdly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I breathed in the icy air, and I was ready to run when someone asked, “What’s the plan?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If he was here, he’d be breathing down my neck until I finished my homework. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

How could she not have heard it, felt it, breathed it in? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I say, breathing heavy and rubbing my knees with my hands. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then the two men, breathing hard, eyed one another. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That night she lay sleepless, gazing at the flickering of the flames on the ceiling, wondering what was happening inside the cabin, listening to her father’s even breathing and Neewo’s tiny, rumbling snore. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Come to the godswood tonight, if you want to go home," she breathed, ever so faintly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I walked deep into the yard beyond the light from the kitchen window and stood very still, scarcely breathing, wondering why I was there, hoping something inside me would give me the answer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke several times to gasps and flights of movements and murmurs that it had happened again, he’d stopped breathing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I breathed in relief and walked over to the tree to tell him off. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At length, and after repeated assurances that I was who I said I was, he fell on his back again, breathing hard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was softly breathing his life away, the dark blood flowing down his skin of snow and his eyes growing heavy and dim. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he paused a second and breathed it out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Her motions were taut and full of panic. Her breathing was pinched, almost panting. The boy was the opposite. His movement was smooth and lithe, like he was accustomed to moving silently.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He imagined the awful impotence of breathing in helplessly quarts and quarts of water. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Already his breathing is easing up, and the wide-eyed panic in his face is receding. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“And that if I fail now, I might get very angry. And if she stops breathing in the very near future, it is entirely possible that you will catch the same fatal illness?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, another boat appeared, this time a massive dugout canoe, a pirogue heading downstream filled with racks of drying fish, one of the rows still wet and glistening and breathing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like it had been when Peach was being born, like her body was working separately from her brain, and she closed her eyes and tried to breathe. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I breathed in deep to get it all. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow. Thank you,” Maddie breathed as he handed the binder over. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He sat at home all day and held Sarah Ruth in his lap and rocked her back and forth and sang to her; on a bright morning in September, Sarah Ruth stopped breathing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I felt his last intake of air, and the moan as he breathed for the last time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t feel like breathing or counting. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Speaking over the concussions of the exploding shells so close that the pressure in the air made it hard to breathe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It breathes for us, and it does another thing for our pleasure. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will the police shoot me because I don’t know how to stop breathing? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We climb another cliff, and I am breathing too hard to speak. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes down and hardly breathed as Mr. Sir ladled some oatmeal-like stuff into his bowl. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But the real point of the story—” From her breathing it was evident that she was going off to sleep again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I thought...I thought I killed you. You stopped breathing.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s always a shock to the system to reenter it; just to read a chapter she finds she has to slow down her breathing and go into a trance, like a hibernating bear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When i kiss him goodnight, as if I mean it, his breath smells of alcohol, and I breathe it in like smoke. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new breathing technique is required, one in which the astronaut pants like a dog, and takes many short quick breaths “off the top” of his lungs, and never allows them to become completely deflated. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed again: my blood resumed its flow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lower half of his face was bandaged tightly, a mask of hardened plaster with holes for breathing and feeding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As he held me close, I breathed in his familiar smell of Vitalis, whiskey, and cigarette smoke. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a sip, close your eyes, and breathe.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He was barely aware that he was breathing heavily. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then heavy breathing like the howl of the wind rushed toward them, and then a paw the size of a small car emerged from the foggy darkness of the valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He took several more blows with no outcry, but I could hear his breathing, hard and quick. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I'll drop the oxygen mixture to zero and breathe pure nitrogen until I suffocate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step inside, expecting everyone to start throwing books at my head, but I breathe with relief when their gazes barely flicker to me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a choking kind of feeling, like the earth couldn’t breathe. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My arms trembled, I could barely breathe, but I pulled him closer than a blanket on the coldest night. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My lungs felt as if they were on fire, and breathing suddenly became impossible. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I took to the stairs and noticed right away that I was finding it a little difficult to breathe. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the middle of sowing or reaping or tilling, or the innumerable tasks the land demanded, he would stop and straighten up, breathing hard and trembling. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still didn’t believe she breathed as oddly as Ralph claimed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heartbeat was weak, the breathing irregular, but Abraham Lincoln was still alive. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel breathed away the trembling and thought warm thoughts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As he’d looked around for a good place, he’d found the den, filled with three cold, stiff kit bodies and one little ball of gray fur still warm and breathing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I feel something in my throat, like a ball of wax, so thick I can barely swallow, barely breathe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear my breathing, could feel the rise and fall of my chest, gases seeping across nothing boundaries. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I can’t breathe, like I’m drowning in the tears I refuse to shed. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Next to it, the winged snake had legs and breathed fire, and the next step in dragon development had three heads. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I laid on Wishbone’s pillow on the floor beside the bed, breathing in his doggy smell, and I cried until I fell asleep. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Now they were on their way, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to breathe, but water entered his mouth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I listen as her breathing slows down and she starts snoring ever so slightly. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was as though she had gone away, leaving a breathing doll to conceal her absence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun finally rose I stayed on the floor, eyes closed, breathing slow, deep breaths, while my parents ransacked my mini fridge and discussed me in hushed tones. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m here, living and breathing and longing and feeling. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the quiet that settles on the coldest days in winter when it hurts to breathe and everything is still. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Pretty much,” Sierra said, breathing a sigh of relief now that it was all out of her system and her friend hadn’t called her a raving lunatic. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dill breathed in her smell once more, gathering it along with his new clothes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Andrew immediately rolled over with closed eyes and began breathing peacefully. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even need to close my eyes, just stay safe under the covers and breathe. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Baba checks the breathing medicine in the little flask. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The drug economy played out every day on the cracked concrete lawns of Robert Taylor, and her preteen older sons, Nicholas and Willie, could not help breathing it in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When Francis was amazed equally by Pauling’s unorthodox chemistry, I began to breathe slower. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen a woman who can breathe fire, but I try not to look shocked in case she takes offense. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I need to listen to your breathing,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes and began to breathe deeply. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The impact knocks the wind out of me and I wheeze, struggling to breathe again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hold my head in my hands and breathe deeply. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We’d just been looking at each other, hardly breathing, when suddenly the bell rang. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lift his book to my nose and breathe in the faint smell of Javier’s bedroom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each time I pull myself forward, I have to close my eyes and remind myself to breathe, that the metal walls around me are not closing in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She could tell by the sound of his breathing that he was sleeping peacefully, deep in the straw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Snow lay on the ground, and snow fell in loose gusts—another way the dragon breathes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The redheaded figure turned, “Feel funny inside. There’s a pounding in me with everything tense. It’s hard to breathe. I can’t stand still.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down against the side of the crate, arms around his knees, listening to her breathing, listening for sounds of pursuit, and waiting for her to wake. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I am actually relieved not to be working with Kelsey, because then I would have to deal with not breathing and coming up with something to say. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt herself swinging dangerously close to tears and slowed her breathing, keeping an icy stare on her mom. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly, there’s Jace, and I feel like maybe I have asthma or something because it’s hard to breathe. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to remember how it felt to stand in the entryway of the church, trying hard to breathe even though the air felt like soup and everyone was standing too close. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her hands felt warm on my back, and every time I paused to sniff and gasp for a little air, I heard her breathing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled from underneath the dog’s legs, then rolled twice more and laid in the dirt waiting for my breathing to catch back up to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His ribs were visible through his skin as he breathed, and yet he was beginning to develop a paunch. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My knee is feeling okay today; there’s a slight twinge as I lower myself, but I breathe through it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was getting harder to breathe by the second; his mouth was far too dry. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And I'm laughing so hard I can hardly breathe. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” breathed Hermione, as the broken printing press blocking the top of the stairs began to tremble; Xenophilius was feet away from them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With a great cloppitty-clop the column began to move, and Shasta breathed again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She breathed in deep and, despite the unfamiliar clothes, could still smell her mother’s scent, shea butter lotion and a hint of pencil lead. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I take my acquired letterman jacket off and set it on my lap, wishing that its manufacturers could have had the good sense to use a fabric that breathes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The minute we turned onto the road, my heart started pounding and my breathing got shallow. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly daring to breathe, Harry remained crouched down as Snape emerged slowly from the classroom. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Highway is the word for sure; I breathe the joint deeply. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another soldier touched the man’s neck and wrist to make sure he was breathing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He breathed in deeply and sucked his breath as it came out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should go into bed now, but he was not comfortable lying down; he could not breathe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His visitor read the two lines and breathed deep through his nose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed deeply and looked in her eyes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and breathed in, letting the beads of sweat on my skin dry up in the cool air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and mutter to myself to remember to breathe. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He's become hysterical; if I had a paper bag, I would make him breathe into it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She heard his words like a melody and she felt herself breathing unevenly, gulping at the air. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Siddhartha’s hands and feet, his eyes, his brow, his breathing, his smile, his greeting, his gait affect me differently from his thoughts. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep going down the hallway, calling over my shoulder, “Everyone in this world is breathing borrowed air.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He could hear them behind him, breathing and snapping their teeth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped everything—moving, breathing, thinking—and stood on tiptoe peering into the leafy void. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I stood under our pecan tree, breathing hard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I took a seat near the window, breathing normally for the first time all afternoon. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I went over to join them, starting to pace my breathing so that I would not stutter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that smells triggered memories, so I breathed in deep. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She waited in the door, breathing rapidly, her hand out. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stacked my hands on top of my stomach and told myself to breathe. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We just sat there in the silence, listening to each other breathe. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The beautiful, wild, timid thing breathed softly, caressingly at Rab, but at the same time the queer, crystalline eyes watched Johnny as though sure that this was a boy who ate horses. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took an hour just to get to Seventieth Street, and by then Bri was having difficulty breathing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The tiny puppy, motionless but for its labored breathing, lay in the curve of her belly, the way any puppy would. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When the pain dropped a notch and I could breathe again, I pulled the blanket to my chest and waited for Armand’s pills to work. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sovoy knows your name. Assuming he hasn’t told me already, I could have it from him as easy as breathing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In time, he heard his wife’s labored, rhythmic breathing and knew she was asleep. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I breathe in the smell of the dog’s foul breath and try not to think about what it just ate. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They weren’t static like in pictures taken from impossibly far away—they breathed, they glowed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Taking care not to breathe its scent, I plucked it and placed it next to a rose. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy saw that the old man was breathing and then he saw the old man’s hands and he started to cry. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sucked down more air, felt my breathing slow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As my breathing slowed down, sleep came to me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned back to her and breathed heavily into her ear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed and breathed until she felt calmer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I breathe again, my face wet with tears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She did not stir, but now she began again to breathe deeply, so that her breast rose and fell beneath the white linen of the sheet . The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then Dad said something that made me stop breathing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Not deeply; not enough to satisfy, but breathing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He helped his mother to her feet while his father watched, fists clenched, still ready to fight, breathing loudly through his nose as his jaw muscles tensed and relaxed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

After that, I just lie still and do fake breathing whenever someone checks on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She scrambled through the woods, breathing so hard she couldn’t muster the air to cry for help. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There hadn’t even been time to breathe deeply and clear his mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t breathe; there was a sharp pain in my gut, I was wet and in shock, and all I could think about was keeping my arms around the branch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They slept during the day, curled up next to each other, waking only at the sounds of footsteps above, holding still and barely breathing, until the footsteps faded and they were alone again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She heard herself cry out and could hear her own breathing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My major in international relations with a focus on North Africa was no longer an abstract area of study, it was what I was living, eating, and breathing every day for three months. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My breathing is almost back to normal when the door bangs open, and I jump. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he sucked air through clenched teeth and breathed hard, trapping those words inside. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, try to breathe through the dread. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was only the hushed sound of their breathing, and, from somewhere in the room, the ticking of a clock, which must have been hidden by books. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to get outside, breathe fresh air, and clear her mind. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Nailer and Sloth paused for a moment, breathing hard, leaning against the heavy spool. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time, after her breathing tube was removed, someone would see her shape her lips, as if to sigh or speak. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dog’s breathing grew faster and faster, and there was a terrible rattling in his throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was good with numbers and clever with his hands and could build a comfortable bench for a tired Elder as quick as breathing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mom breathes in dramatically as if the kitchen’s filling with Grandma’s thick flowery smell. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And Violet was breathing now in heavy, big gasps, but her eyes were closed, and 1 was leaning next to her asleep body, and squeezing, and squeezing, and squeezing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up, adjust, breathe, cut through an imaginary line of the undead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The “buttonhole” is what the doctors put inside Auggie when he was born to allow him to breathe. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She feared the worst and breathed through her mouth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his paddle caught against two large rocks and he was held there, able to rest and breathe. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Frodo breathed heavily and leaned against Sam, who put his arms about him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then, the next thing I knew, I was sitting in the dirt on the side of the road crying so hard I couldn’t hardly breathe. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The realization hits me so hard that I can barely breathe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His feet were blocks of cement, his legs were rubber bands, and his mouth was clenched so tightly that he was breathing only through his nose—but it wasn’t breathing, really. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was also learning to breathe despite my asthma so I could keep on singing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At last she spoke again, so low in his ear that the words seemed barely more than broken cadences of breathing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert was breathing heavily by the time they reached the bottom of the stairs, his face red in the lantern light as they stepped out into the darkness of the crypt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I leave, the concrete in my chest has loosened, melted down so I can breathe for a few days. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ron was breathing heavily: His eyes were no longer red at all, but their normal blue; they were also wet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We breathed as quietly as we could and watched the men through the muddy water that covered our eyes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks down at Joel, breathing, watching me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With his back pressed against the house, he stood still for a moment, just breathing. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I took out my cannula so I could smell better, breathing him in and breathing him out, the scent fading even as I lay there, my chest burning until I couldn’t distinguish among the pains. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, I tuck the end of the faja in and try to breathe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy work of Stella’s breathing sounds like the wind in trees, and I wait for sleep to find me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

My heart starts beating fast, making it hard to breathe and speak at the same time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lying awake in the City, Ash could hear Gwen’s steady breathing in the dark, and she felt the distance between her and Sidhean for the first time, and it made her long for him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually I heard her breathing shift to a deeper place. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air grew thick, hard to breathe without choking. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Out in nature, her anxiety rests, breathes a sigh of relief. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He breathed out a yeah in obvious pain. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Though I knew that my enemy breathed at my back, waiting to strike, I trusted Horatio to protect me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She was being sent away because she was the walking, breathing embodiment of their shame. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The water monster sprawled across the sands and breathed deep and slow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was so scared I could hardly breathe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We exhaled quietly, afraid that our own breathing could cause our death. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

All I had to do, a few times every hour, was breathe in through the tube slowly, hold it, and then breathe out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The singing had loosened something inside him, he was breathing easily and his heart no longer pounded. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I just breathed until my lungs caught up with my heart and everything calmed down. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was getting harder to breathe, harder to see, and she knew she’d pushed too far. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was out the window like a shot, breathing sweet, free air. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Voxy stands next to me, his rapid breathing muffled through his helmet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The veins on my arms stood out and I could feel them pulsating as if they had begun to breathe of their own accord. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A lifetime of hard work and poor habits, including chain-smoking, had worn her down and caused a serious heart condition that made breathing difficult. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not that you could do much breathing in the stinging January air. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A little bubble came and went as he breathed moistly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s sleeping, her great body still but for her slow, slumbered breathing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They knew about breathing, of course, and they thought the wind was the breath of the gods. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medicine melted the dark poison; the blackness seemed to be rinsing away and Dragon’s breathing became easier and even. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, his breathing returned to normal and he was able to look at her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their breathing was heavy and I could hear one of them hissing, trying not to cry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“They’ve given me stronger medicine to help your breathing. And fresh dressings for your feet.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard of things you ought to do to people, breathe into their mouths or pump their arms up and down, somehow, but he thought that if Hooper was sick he must be breathing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The afternoon had become as hot as meanness, and since the shirt he was wearing had enough starch in it to mummify two, maybe three, pharaohs, he began to feel he could hardly breathe. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My heart still raced, but at least I could breathe. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But instead, I sit at the kitchen table and breathe. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Narcissa breathed, a note of hysteria in her voice, and as she brought down the wand like a knife, there was another flash of light. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The air is smoky and filled with flying bits of debris; there’s so much of it, it’s almost difficult to breathe. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing was quick, and so was his pulse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We lie there breathing together for a bit, and I can see my breath in the moonlight. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barely breathing now, I moved my feet up, scrabbling my crampon points across the verglas. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack leaned back in his seat and got this look on his face like he was too cool to breathe. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the air we breathed was drawn in by a stolen fan, run by stolen current. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to steady her breathing while Coach Hedge rummaged through his camping supplies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Lacey was quiet for a while, breathing through her open mouth. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or for the occasion his death gave them to express their protestations, a time and place to come together, to stand touching and sweating and breathing and looking in a common direction? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in a lot Of good fresh Saturday air And let my Fingers run like A wild crab Across the strings. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old ladies would rather die than have you so much as breathe your stench on their teacups. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

If he turned around now, he could be back on deck in twenty minutes, breathing clean air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She asked if he was breathing, and I asked Mom, and she said no, and the whole time this totally incongruous soul song was crooning tinnily through his earbuds. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When we got to the path, we were breathing hard and Fiona was hoarse from shouting, her eyes as wild as her hair. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He made sure to leave it partially open so Gulliver could breathe. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I lie in the dark and listen to my family breathing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He staggered into his room off the kitchen and lay down on his bed, breathing hard. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The ref knelt next to Bruiser, counting to nine and checking to make sure he was breathing. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so hot all over at the suggestion of the Captain doing something that I could hardly breathe. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some power from on high breathed a mad courage into them and they drove the red-hot spike right into the Cyclops’ eye. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, the atmosphere is thin for breathing. But there’s enough oxygen. It’s safe.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the creature breathing in the dark, a viscid leaking like faulty pipeworks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I breathed deeply, stretched, and bent down again, ignoring the thumping under my skull. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He simply responded that he needed to breathe the same air that she breathed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ramón, who stank of liquor, grabbed hold of Lupita’s throat and held her tightly, but not so tightly that she couldn’t breathe. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The normal, adult bed—“in which my late husband breathed his last,” said Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham—was moved out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad must have heard me breathe different ’cause he looked down at me and said, “Well, well, well, look who’s decided to come back to life!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I actually breathe until I step onto the sidewalk. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As we walk across Bando’s meadow, he whistles; I throw back my head, and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and I could hear his breathing slow down. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then I immediately start thinking about what breathing sounds like. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard and breathed slow and steady, like you do when you have game in sight and you don’t want to scare it off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I still can’t breathe, but this time, I don’t think it’s because I just ran for a whole mile. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We hurry away from the soldier, passing all the forlorn people handcuffed by the curb, and join the mob heading toward the school, all of us breathing a communal sigh of relief. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My ribs were so tender that breathing became a new adventure in spiked pain. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even closer, so we would be breathing the same air—if I could remember to breathe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She looked more likely to breathe fire than Norbert as she. towered over the three of them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They just glide in, surround me, and then inflate themselves to fill the space completely and breathe my air right out of my lungs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I breathe heavily, listening until the laughter outside dies down. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Standing there alone, I now heard another noise behind me, like somebody breathing heavy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I narrowed my eyes back at her, but the dark thing was still on my chest and it was very hard for me to breathe. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I could breathe underwater, no problem, and my clothes never got wet unless I wanted them to. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find what we need faster without him breathing down our neck, anyway,” the other one said, and smirked. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She noticed that every time she breathed out, the surface fogged, and she disappeared from her father’s table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When our cheeks touched, and I breathed in his smell of tobacco, Vitalis, and whiskey, I realized he’d shaved for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

No portable oxygen, no difficulty breathing, no nose cannula. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He frowned and began to breathe through his lips. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The children. We should bring them out here—let them breathe in the clean air.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They supposed he would come around and start breathing probably. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It commenced breathing hard and finally dropped me on the ground. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She turned abruptly from Harry and Ron’s table, breathing rather heavily as she tugged her gauzy shawl more closely to her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The whole house seemed to be breathing a sigh of relief. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I said, even though I was supposed to be breathing quietly. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Percy felt so angry, he could hardly breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Wrapped his big arms around me, lifted me off the ground and squeezed to the point that I couldn’t hardly even breathe. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He reached for die side of the raft and hung there, just breathing, until he could think once more—the hatchet clutched and shining in his right hand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed past Dad’s office and went to my parents’ bedroom door, turning the knob slowly, pushing the door open, careful not to make any noise, barely even breathing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“She was breathing the whole time. You just couldn’t tell,” whispered Turner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He breathed so hard and fast that he got a little dizzy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For a few moments the boat eased into deeper water, and she breathed more easily, but then it crunched into another obstacle. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was so cold that it hurt to breathe. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama says, squeezing me so tight, I can barely breathe. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

None of the others knew what these were for, and they all thought privately that Beowulf had gone quite mad in having them venture, thus equipped, against a monster that could breathe fire. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Must have seen it in a book, fire-breathing dragons, only I got it wrong and thought the dragons were breathing fog. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Otto thrash made it hard to breathe, so I cast off the stranger’s hand and put my head between my knees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

If she could still breathe, I wasn’t to blame. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry breathed deeply for a few moments in an effort to steady himself. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I sit down, breathing hard, and look across the rooftop. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He stood Outside the door and felt everything in him start to drain away until he stood there shaking, hoping he wouldn’t cry, trying to breathe slowly so that he wouldn’t. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

An overwhelming sensation crushed my chest so that I could barely breathe. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He would go somewhere no one knew him, and he would sit in a library all day and read books and listen to people breathing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Abu said if I couldn’t breathe I could stop,” I said, surprised by her tone. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Being alive was all right then: he had not breathed like that for a long time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed softly in and out on the bed and felt the loneliness of everything. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the second landing he was breathing so hard that he stopped, closed his eyes and let his chest heave itself to stillness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Angel’s eyes were closed and she breathed slowly and carefully. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt, breathing hard, and Anya decided now was as good a time as any to make her presence known. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

So when the ship docked at the harbour in Piraeus, on the outskirts of Athens, Piper resisted the urge to breathe a sigh of relief. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He focused his gaze on a small white rock near the water’s edge and breathed in deeply. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He was breathing hard, face red and puffy, a bewildered look to him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal had told her all girls had it, it was natural as breathing, it was a sign they were growing up, and they had it until they were in their fifties. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes for a moment and breathed in the smell of the forest, and perhaps because her eyes were closed, she heard the approaching footsteps more clearly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We held still, none of us daring to breathe, waiting for someone to try to come through again, but an hour passed, and then another, and another, and no one came back. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alone, Dede breathed in the cool air and looked up at the stars. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Straight back. Deep breathing. Same answers to different questions. Who trained you, boy?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

No matter how deeply he breathed, soaking failed to take away his troubled thoughts. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Still, I say, “Thanks,” once I can breathe again. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I breathe evenly, pretending sleep as Jay and Nessa munch on peanuts, pretzels. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I do clear my throat, though, because it’s getting a little hard to breathe with her gazing at me like that. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I cannot understand how Scott is still breathing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You breathe in a couple of times to get as much air into your chest as you can. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Neves was not breathing and his heart had stopped. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Pond’s breathing slowed until finally there was no breath. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was truly fearless, and she admired that beyond measure; but he wasn’t good at lying and betraying and cheating, which all came to her as naturally as breathing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’d stopped shivering and her breathing came easier as she slept. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The groaning in his breathing was becoming more hollow. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to my breathing and threw at the twelve candles runged ’round the tent. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Trembling or not, Malcolm held on to the child as firmly as he could and listened to her contented breathing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nhamo felt like screaming, but her throat had closed up so tightly she could hardly breathe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing must have just started up again too, because it sounded raspy and quick. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tony breathes out heavily and takes a sip of his drink. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The heat has been building all day, closing in on me, I feel as though I’m breathing through a mask. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed out, a little too close to the mic, and it popped. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Is she worried that Branwell will be able to speak and tell the agency that Nikki was breathing funny when he found her?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay with his arms spread wide, gulping at the air, unable to speak or breathe. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

For a moment, there was only the sound of the two of them breathing, the chickens worrying their feathers, clucking nervously. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But then my legs get sore, and I struggle to breathe, and I am again distracted by myself. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ivan glanced back at the creature, and his panicked breathing stopped as he held his breath. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“She was a writer and a poet. She wrote a poem that is engraved on the Statue of Liberty that says, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I breathed in their familiar scent—bleach, sweat, and something distinctly earthy—and tried not to listen to the conversation above me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She stood perfectly still and breathed, alone on the frozen water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When I finally came to my senses, I sat up, coughed at length, and breathed in slow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can barely breathe when he thinks what lies ahead. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Genie carried the liquor crate, which was just a wooden box made of slats, which he thought was great because if they actually did catch a swallow, it would be able to breathe. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tonight, no doubt, Minerva will sit a long while by her Minou and absorb the music of her breathing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex heard her breathing slow as their dad stroked her hair and she gradually drifted off to sleep. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Unable to dig its way in, apparently the draccus had breathed fire down into the narrow passage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then we sat there in silence, breathing in the cool night air and listening to the crickets under the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t because I couldn’t freaking breathe. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I breathe through my mouth and try to clean it as quickly as possible. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The regular breathing from Mercy’s curtained bed sounded almost normal. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in a week, I can breathe fresh air without comment. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The poor man’s breathing came in uncertain gasps. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything, but I could hear her breathing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing sounded wheezy, like he had a harmonica in his throat, which meant an asthma attack was coming on. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t breathing long, rhythmic breaths, lying on his back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

How long before I breathe up all the oxygen? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was aware that her breathing had quickened. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was just me running down the hall, making terrible sounds as I tried to breathe and cry at the same time, looking for Leticia. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Matt lay back against the cliff, breathing hard. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There must have been hundreds of them, all of them breathing, each of them as alive as he was, each with a white flower. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I pulled my eyes away from the barely breathing folk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She listened to Elinor's breathing, and her father's, and more than anything wished for a candle—and a book to keep the fear away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The chickens are luckier than we are—most days their crates are brought up on deck and they get fresh air to breathe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had lain absolutely motionless, with no flicker of life except the faintest of breathing, for more than thirty-two hours. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It felt like a house was on top of me; I could barely breathe. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His breathing eased a little but he did not raise his head. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

How soon before the fire reached the survivors trapped in this room or before they breathed in too much smoke? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It had gotten caught in the net and, unable to reach the surface to breathe, it had died underwater. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

One by one, she chewed through the assortment, and she closed her eyes and breathed in deeply as she tasted all of the flavors and textures. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kendra held perfectly still, trying to breathe softly despite her alarm. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He waited until his heart had stopped pounding, until he could breathe, and he began to climb again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Coach Disaster holds the microphone too close to his lips, so all we hear is the sound of his spitting and breathing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel went to her own front door and walked in, breathing in the smells of home. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He stood on the boulder above her, breathing hard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder . . . I believe our aunt would recover faster at our estate in Charleston. She could sit in the sun for hours and breathe the healthful air. Don’t you agree?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he figured Aphros could travel much faster in the water, and the guy might be able to shut off the magic that let Leo move and breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sound of their breathing seemed to die in the cold, lifeless air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye, I see Keav breathing deeply and trying to fill the void in her heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the rich smell of damp earth. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I have to retrieve a box of shrimp from the walk-in, and I stop for a second once the door closes behind me, and I breathe. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

If Darren is allowed to talk, then maybe I can breathe. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

His feet were blistered; his muscles, sore; he could barely breathe, he might never run another step in his life. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the women biked past the point of exhaustion, doctors measured the oxygen they were taking in and the carbon dioxide they were breathing out. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finn’s breathing got harder and deeper, as if his very breath was angry and was attempting to launch an attack from the depths of his lungs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And while Lefty stops to breathe it in, I’d like to take this opportunity to resuscitate—for purely elegiac reasons and only for a paragraph—that city which disappeared, once and for all, in 1922. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All there is is the girl with the sunshine hair and the killer voice breathing and being in front. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gram closed her eyes and for the next hour as Gramps drove toward Coeur d’Alene, he and I listened to her rattly breathing. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She turned red and breathed out like she does. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as Mark looks, Baxter’s face comes up and out of the river and the boy is breathing, spitting, screaming. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There are no words from Lee Lee, only the sound of her breathing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The doctor placed the rubber mask over her face and turned a dial and I watched Catherine breathing deeply and rapidly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

That’s what I hear now, in my head, as I lift, tilt, breathe. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to breathe, hard to think, and there’s such a sharp pain behind my eyes it makes me see lights. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A silence overhauls us, and the voice leaves me completely There’s no more breathing at the other end. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The people fold me in, and before I can breathe, I feel like a part of something. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She would not be bringing Edward back with her to make her heart content, but she knew she had not failed him, and she breathed a heavy sigh of sadness, disappointment, and relief. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she was falling and couldn’t breathe for what felt like a very long time. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t conceal my coughing, could hardly even breathe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She breathed fast through her nose and tried to ignore the nauseating stink of sopping sawdust rising from the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Soon she starts breathing heavy, and I know she’s knocked out, but I stay up a long time thinking about what she said, about Isaiah Dunn being her hero. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

That leaves a little in the air for the bacteria to breathe, but not enough to maintain a fire. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember waking up one morning having more trouble breathing than usual, and then I couldn’t stop coughing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I breathed easier knowing that we had salvaged the two containers, and tried not to dwell on the remaining piece of manuscript as I worked that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spread our arms like wings, and when we fall down in the grass, we breathe hard and laugh and the world moves around us in dizzy ways. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t actually know how to breathe anymore? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was gasping loud whilst he waited for his breathing to catch ahold of him so’s he could do a proper job of chopping me up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As the chick breathed, the oxygen inside the egg was replaced by the chick’s carbon dioxide. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But except for the quiet snuffling of the children, a man’s persistent hacking cough, and Rachel’s labored breathing, no one made a sound. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually they broke apart so they could breathe, but Rishi kept his arms circled loosely around her waist. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I was coming to find you,” he says, breathes, almost into my ear. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked his eyes from the bright sunshine; his nerves were so taut that he had difficulty in breathing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until he picked up the green spray paint and drew that enormous X over the back of the uniform shirt and handed it to me that I remembered to start breathing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t say nothing to this, just breathe deep. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Though she was wet and breathing heavily, she was unhurt. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw bent his head forward, closer to the model, breathing in the thick, acrid fumes of glue and metallic paint quickly, trying to forget. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

If I run or breathe too deep, the cheap stitches holding me together will snap, and all the stickiness inside will pour out and burn through the concrete. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I started to breathe normally again as I listened to the rhythmic pounding of the wheels on the tracks as the train raced through the night. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly, too afraid to breathe, waited for the thunderous voice of the master. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to lie awake listening for the awful sound, until finally, she knew she must send the child away— anywhere, just so she was not breathing this poison air. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he began, he couldn’t speak in complete sentences without stopping to breathe. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His words were still swirling in the air around us, and I breathed deeply, trying to draw them into myself. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“When it counts,” Kareem breathes into my ear and slips my phone into my palm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Every time she breathed in she breathed in that No. Dicey wasn’t even frightened any more. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Eric in his fear landscape, willing his terror into submission with deep breathing and logic. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then it became a part of our routine: my arm around him, his little hand on my arm, and soon his sonorous breathing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No words, no looks, just the rhythmic slapping of their sneaker soles upon the sidewalk and the pulsing duet of their breathings. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me to breathe and sit up. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Apart from the blood in my ears and my jagged breathing there was no other sound. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But he can breathe, and I know this because he is hyperventilating, breathing as if trying to blow air back into the dead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sweat trickled down his forehead and chest as he ironed with great enthusiasm, his right arm pushing the iron across the length of the shirt with such vigor that his breathing nearly duplicated Dr. Hyde’s. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

One three five; she gulps breathes gulps breathes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stand at the threshold, listening to my own breathing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“See? She needs something to brighten up her day, make her forget the plaid tyrant breathing down her neck.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I just let the sounds of soldiers’ breathing fill the night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She breathes deep again before lifting her chin to look at me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her eyes Were wet, not from laughter, But from breathing in smoke. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the rain falling outside and the moss softly under him Ishmael shut his eyes and breathed the smell of her fully in through his nostrils. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I breathe out for what feels like the first time in hours. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t have wood or kindling, they curled against one another, barely touching, but by morning, they’d be pressed together, breathing in tandem, cocooned in muzzy sleep, a single crescent moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I sat beside him for almost an hour in the hot sun while he rested quietly, his breathing not so harsh now. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bast’s voice faded until at last he sat motionless, watching the rise and fall of his master’s silent breathing through the long hours of morning’s early dark. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As we returned to our feet, Emma angled toward me and breathed the word Gypsies, then nodded at the closest horse. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His absence is so big it’s like he’s there and all the air goes outta my lungs again and I have to wait and breathe deep and swallow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The strange thing was that he could breathe the blood bubbles as they traveled past. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark woke up and rolled onto his side, his eyes fully open, his breathing heavy. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dax set himself alight while attempting a spectacular bit of fire breathing and had to be doused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nyla closes her eyes and breathes deeply, like the sound waves are some New Age Meditation stuff Tia Berta listened to. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He figured that if all these monsters breathed on him at once, their combined noxious cloud would be enough to melt him into a puddle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Though I can hardly breathe as it is, I run faster, and I’m on Christina’s heels. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I missed words and even sentences when occasionally I breathed deep or snored a little so they wouldn’t guess I was awake. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Cool, silent, hairless Ted, whose breathing pattern didn’t alter one bit in the height of passion? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tried to run, but they could hardly breathe. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The room was square and quiet except for their breathing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Edwards leaned forward at his desk, breathing heavily. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He set his teeth and breathed hard through his nose, trying to keep silent as long as possible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A transparent film had spread over his lips; it bulged like a frog’s gullet as he tried to breathe, eyes darting left and right in panic. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Running errands had never been high on my list of fun things to do, but at least it gave me a chance to breathe some fresh air and get away from Mama’s watchful eye. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The surprise of that makes me dizzy, I guess, because the next thing I’m on my back in the sawdust and I can’t breathe. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The horses were flecked with foam and their breathing was noisy. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They scrambled behind a woodpile at the far end of the clearing and breathed quiet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he could finally breathe, he gasped, “What? Why would you think such a thing?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sit, staring at the drawing of the lungs while I breathe in and out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There were no footprints to be seen, and the only sounds I heard were those of my breathing and my footsteps. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If I could submerge her long enough, I could break the spell of the music Of course, Annabeth wouldn’t be able to breathe, but at the moment, that seemed like a minor problem. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I finally put together the breathing—how to blow out all my air while under the surface, just how much to roll my head—and I’d stopped slapping the water with every stroke. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

His head broke through the surface, but even so, when he finally opened his mouth he was amazed he could actually breathe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

By measuring his blood pressure, oxygen levels, and heart and breathing rates, doctors would get valuable information about the extent of his wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Magpie leaned over the windowsill and breathed in the cool night air. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The truck backed sturdily up Carmel Hill and it got past the Jack’s Peak road and was just going into the last and steepest pull when the motor’s breathing thickened, gulped, and strangled. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did she have . . . trouble breathing ... in the boxcar?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were looking at our hands, entwined, and he was drawing patterns along my palm, and I could hardly breathe as he left trails of fire along my skin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were birds outside, and some kind of cricket, and Mary was breathing quietly in her sleep nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The silence surrounding them was so absolute that Meggie hardly dared to breathe. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Not floating in water, but slouched on its side at the bottom of the well, zipper still open just an inch, just enough for Gulliver to breathe. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he had it, shaking off the water and breathing upon it as he walked across to the dark side of the room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I breathe too loudly, there’s no telling what the darkness will do to me or to Violet or to anyone I love. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Taking his time, tilting his wrist, all while my stomach twists and I can’t breathe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was breathing harshly and there were dried tears on his face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped her gaze, listening to the easy rhythm of Jabir’s breathing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I scoop up a handful and breathe in the loamy smell. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I lie on the bed holding the string cheese and the DVD with Mom’s words on it, just breathing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My mom took a deep breath—the kind where she breathes in and out through her nose, really, really slowly. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you just have to give ideas room to breathe.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and breathe a sigh of relief. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After I took my fourth breath, I was smelling as much fish as I was smelling pies, so I opened my eyes and commenced breathing regular. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It will spatter its black poison into the air in a fine spray, killing all the seabirds that breathe it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The faces were empty as plates, and nobody seemed to be breathing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And if you breathe in enough of it, it can make you sick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lancelot was breathing heavily and looking upon the Queen with a fixed stare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Tree-ear learned about his master from others, from watching, from breathing the very air of his work, but never by hearing a word from Min himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

My throat feels raw, like I was breathing through my mouth all night, and my heart whirs like an overwound motor on a toy car. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She breathes in the wintry air, which stings her lungs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the curtains breathing out of the dark upon my face, leaving the breathing upon my face. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Earlier, I mean. When you were testifying. You say this foam is only produced when you’ve got water, mucus, and air all mixed together by a person’s breathing?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had also lost our interest in art, so we pushed on uphill, breathing slowly and regularly. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there in the dark for a while, breathing rapidly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him to the back of the house to check on Dadi, her pale face turned up to the ceiling, breathing weakly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Or would you breathe deep to sample their scent? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s this new stuff my mom’s making me wear,” I say, breathing a sigh of relief. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The window ledge where I once watched the soggy fairies and chilblained snowflakes, breathing in the smell of snakes and antiseptic and mice, is now empty air. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m so anxious I stare at his face and check constantly to make sure he’s breathing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Holy Mother!" he breathed as he saw me slumped there, drenched in blood. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though they could breathe, they soon found themselves panting from the heat of the afternoon sun beating down on the canvas above them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I press a hand to my stomach, trying to slow my breathing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Surely, so high above the world, she would be able to breathe without coughing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Their breathing surrounded her, their bodies warmed the air, their movements formed a barrier between her and the dark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, he hated how sometimes it would get blocked up, for no reason, and he would start to cough like he was choking, like he couldn’t breathe. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My chest rises and falls, which is the only way I know I’m still breathing and standing here in the middle of my room. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You’ll fall through and break your neck!’ and ‘Don’t breathe so loudly! Someone will hear you!’ until my heart’s in my throat and my knees are killing me, and you expect me to thank you?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they stood together, she began to hear the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, and her breathing slowed to match his, until she felt as though they were nearly one being. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, he’s breathing,” whispered Hermione, taking the Cauldron Cake Harry passed her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Scott was still breathing, barely, but his eyes were fixed in their sockets, and his teeth were tightly clenched. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone breathed deeply and stretched as they stepped out of the car. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He gave it to Leroy and sat back on the seat with his eyes closed, breathing hard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in again, though it definitely makes me feel like the hot dog I ate earlier is going to join ump guy’s blob of mucus beside me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She scrambled out of her sleeping bag and breathed deeply. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing she did was make Dinah and breathe into her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was breathing easily now, and I knew the fever had broken because his forehead was no longer hot Sitting up, he said weakly, “How did I get downg ’ere?” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m here walking around, breathing, existing, but it feels like my life is somewhere else—someplace better. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard her mother’s heavy breathing as she passed by her room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Henry says, still in that voice no louder than breathing: —But now? Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

My thoughts unspooled and my breathing got quicker rather than slower. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I blink, my chest rising and falling because I’m struggling to breathe normally. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The shell, apparently, had acted as a brandy snifter, gathering and concentrating the vapors until they were so pungent I felt nauseated just to breathe them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands went to her throat, then clawed at the air—the air she could no longer breathe, the air that, for her, had ceased to exist. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay where you are, don’t make a sound, Ophelia,” she breathed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Get out of here,” I said, breathing as shallowly as possible. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As it cleared the tip of Manhattan and raced out over the harbor, the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We tried to give our uncle breathing room but we hung on to him every minute of the day. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, the air was full of fumes; breathing was painful and difficult, and a dizziness came on them, so that they staggered and often fell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He breathes nervously, out of pursed lips, as if blowing on a spoonful of hot soup. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized that Connor and Claire and Rose had also chosen the right answer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, Elizabeth heard the rhythmic gasping, the silence growing longer between each lungful of air, until, finally, the breathing stopped. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Every time I think about him, a black pit blooms in my stomach and breathing becomes a struggle. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once he got around two full turns, which no human being should be able to do, and came up laughing and snorting so hard he could barely breathe. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I remembered Tyler as he’d been when I was young, the quiet older brother reading his books while I lay under his desk, staring at his socks and breathing in his music. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Josh’s face is red and he’s breathing hard all of a sudden like he has been running even though he hasn’t been. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds all I hear is both of us breathing hard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was a heaviness in my chest and stomach that I couldn’t breathe out or digest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I slipped inside my house and breathed deeply, drawing the warm, peppery aroma of Mama’s chicken casserole into my lungs. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My breath got harder and harder to breathe. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just arrived at the gate,” the servant girl said, breathing heavily. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was his own breathing he heard; he had been breathing so loud that he had not been able to tell if Bessie was still breathing or not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed steadily as she followed her internal homing equipment. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I stood there in the middle of the kitchen and cried until I could hardly breathe. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My mom and I have shared the same closed space and breathed the same filtered air for so long that it’s strange being here without her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he breathed his stomach went up and down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There, as she wept and trembled, a soft breath of air came through the stillness to her, the gentle breathing of Zephyr, sweetest and mildest of winds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was breathing so heavily that his lips could not form a single word. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” she says, already starting to tug away the rolls, getting one off his face and leaning down to see if he’s still breathing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sound of crunching leaves and labored breathing filled the warm autumn air, and Celaena kept her gaze on the damp and gleaming dark hair of the thief in front of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I blew on it, I breathed on it, I cupped it in my hands, but no sooner did I add twigs than the whole thing went black. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, my breathing turns shallow, and then there’s the familiar flutter of butterflies in my stomach. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I nod, and he steps so close to me, I'm breathing in the cologne on his neck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Silence hangs over us, but it is a different land of silence, one that lets me breathe. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He breathes in the scent of her skin, still unable to fathom that they are husband and wife. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside in the hall, he leaned against the wall, breathing deeply. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they reached the trees and breathed in the spicy scent of the flowers, Minli gasped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But I can’t walk away, or the guilt, the weight of Will’s life, and my parents’ lives, and now Marlene’s life, will break my bones, will make it impossible to breathe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If they gained any more altitude, the air would be too thin to breathe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She breathed in carefully, trying not to make a sound. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

There he stood in the darkness, clinging to the gritty edge of a shelf and breathing fast with joy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a habit, I guess,” said Yossarian, breathing again with relief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Heard him breathing heavy for a bit, then he started mumbling to himself as he settled back into bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both women fell silent, and the quiet sound of Mirabelle’s sleeping breathing filled the kitchen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beauty breathed about her and a lovely fragrance; light shone from her so that the great house was filled with brightness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin stroked the flower with one finger and bent her head down close to it, trying to breathe in the air around the tiny growing thing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hear him breathing behind me, loud and fast. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His breathing was heavy—as if he had filled his mouth with liquid in preparation for breathing fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would stand motionless for five hours at a seal breathing hole in the ice waiting for a seal to come up for a breath. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letting herself breathe easy now, Pecola covered her head with the quilt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes I have trouble breathing in crammed elevators. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was so excited she could hardly breathe, and a funny little pain started at the back of her neck. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When man finally decides to live in space, I expect that he will do exactly what Tsiolkovsky recommended, and use plants to produce oxygen for the crew to breathe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bounded down, no one challenging me, and I stopped in the vestibule, breathing deeply and listening for his hand upon the door above and brushing my clothing into order. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe hard for a while, and Sammy finally goes, "It's okay, man. Calm down." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even those still breathing, walking—they looked as if they were waiting for someone to tell them they were dead. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

For a second, maybe more than a second, I can’t breathe. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He kept squinting at the sun and breathing hard. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We would be honored to show you the collections, Sergeant Major,” breathes the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Animalcules somersault about our faces when we breathe. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe as deeply as I can but there’s a wall in my throat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She had never felt such heat before, an air that closed down over her and made it hard to breathe. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat quietly, silently, suspended, breathing the good warm air, the smoke, the dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis stood, said a kind of blessing, breathed into her cupped hand and released the silver dust to the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then Mother put her hands over her face and breathed out hard, and she said, “I don’t know whether that’s going to be possible.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Mater’s intensive-care unit I was hooked up to life support to make sure my heart kept beating and my lungs kept breathing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I could hear him down there, breathing his ragged breath. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he just spun around and around on the spot, exuberant as a dancing child, breathing out more fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I run faster than I can possibly run, like I’m breathing adrenaline instead of air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She flopped down on the grass, breathing hard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the real silence came, Eleanor breathed shakily and moved stiffly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then the door gave a muffled thump behind me, and the hall was quiet save for the sound of my own breathing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She realized, quite suddenly, that she wanted to breathe the same air as Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The night air is cold and moist and heavy and completely unlike any air I’ve ever breathed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezed and sniffled and tried to get her breathing regular. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew I should be shocked, horrified even, that we had just slaughtered a group of beings—not human perhaps, but living, breathing beings in their own right. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Just need a minute to regroup or prepare or breathe or make sure this isn’t a dream or something. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She felt cut away from him, each of them living and breathing in separate spheres, he bored and spiritless in Nsukka, she bored and spiritless in Lagos, and everything curdled in lethargy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now that the first, horrible shock was over, I was starting to breathe a bit easier. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The water had risen up to the ceiling of the tunnel, so even assuming he could swim in temperatures that must be close to freezing, he would be unable to breathe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of sleep I counted the stars and kept six on the individual breathing of each remaining member sleeping in their tents around me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He was looking at her like she’d stepped out of the pages of his comics, a living, breathing soul mate to Aditya, that wild, curly haired girl come to life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So far, all the breathing is even and all the eyelids are still. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her forehead is cool to my touch and her breathing easy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We sat eating pistachios and breathing salt air. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

His breathing had become even; the panicky feeling began to lessen. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was breathing hard now, though inwardly I was as calm as the waters on East River’s lake. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Once the TV is on and tuned to the right channel, Jus finds it hard to breathe for a different reason. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He stepped back to give me room to breathe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Four, however, crouches and presses his back to the metal support, breathing heavily. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Could you actually say that the baby died, since it had never breathed? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It breathes fire and water; and sometimes the dragon is one, sometimes many. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might as well have thrown Percy’s lungs into the sea, because suddenly Percy couldn’t breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was breathing hard, but the look in his eyes was even harder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Naomi breathed the words into the hollow of his neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It sat beside the river next to the mill, but the coolness of the Sogozha’s waters couldn’t make a dent in the stifling heat the forges inside breathed out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Start hyperventilating and reaching out for Diego’s shoulder and trying to keep my head above the water so I could breathe. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Clearly we’re not fit to breathe the same air as them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The chapel hardly breathed as he sighed deeply. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to fight my way through them to reach the surface, and then either lose them, or try to find the Jade Key with them still breathing down my neck. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A blizzard of ash poured down, swirling up her nose and making it almost impossible to breathe. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a close one!” breathed a guard. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He kept them moving—though they might well have been paddling in a circle—and she kept both of them breathing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mill employees labored at dangerous jobs under miserable conditions—and for poverty wages—breathing in cotton dust until their lungs were brown with the stuff and they suffocated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So motionless that it seems they are not even breathing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I could hear him breathing into the receiver. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His face was flushed, and he was breathing hard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was no cleaner here, and in fact file air was even harder to breathe than in the cell, because all the natural stinks had been overlaid by a heavy layer of cloying perfume. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor flips some switches, his clipboard clutched to his stomach, and the machines stop breathing for Uriah. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She pulled me behind a thorn bush and we collapsed, both breathing heavily. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And with that, the audience breathes a collective sigh of relief. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t breathe, and then I feel someone pulling me away, and my father says, “I think we’ll take her home.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I struggled to speak, to plead for mercy, but I couldn’t breathe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He attaches it to a little flask with breathing medicine and straps a mask on my face. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later that morning Mother’s breathing became increasingly labored. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She breathed deeply and felt cool autumn in her throat. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And then the animals would stop breathing forever. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At night I sit beside Sarah’s crib, watching the flutter of her eyelids as she dreams, listening to her breathe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We stare at the clouds, breathing distance from one another, taking it all in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Silence followed the rant, and I focused on my breathing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I stand, leaning against a wall, and breathe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She pointed a finger on one hand for each Jackson and was breathing hard when she’d stopped naming and pointing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A billion tiny mud creatures lived and ate and died in the top layer of sand, and the little casts and breathing holes and invisible movements showed that the whole landscape was aquiver with life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

V began to sit up a little straighter, breathe a little deeper. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jenny is asleep, and I watch her breathing in the seat next to me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She gagged and coughed, struggling to breathe through her molasses-clogged nose and mouth. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

In Kerala, they breathed a plume of excitement and fear into the already frightened air. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute Marco didn't say anything, he simply opened his mouth and breathed out a blue, vaporous ring. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The receptionist opens the last door in the hallway, and I swear, I stop breathing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His face was somber, the easy joy gone from it, but there was still—Sarai breathed again—such witchlight in his eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One of them was this very Cuban-looking guy, and he kept breathing his stinking breath in my face while I gave him directions. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

On the phone, in the dark, he just had to move his lips and breathe. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Just like that he went from laughing to crying so hard he couldn’t breathe. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was stuck to her ribs and her breathing was forced because of an immeasurable exhaustion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My lungs are tight, they breathe always the same hot, used-up air, the veins on my temples are swollen. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of my senses is tingling as Ms. Saintima asks us to imagine pulling the door of the store open and breathing in the steamy, meat-scented air. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The wall tore like a piece of paper, and through that hole Taborlin could see the sky and breathe the sweet spring air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were breathing and eating and talking and singing and not at all making plans to die. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By the end of day twelve, I breathed in deeply, and I exhaled. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Janna, I made your favorite, salmon cakes,” Mom calls from too close to the door, her breathing, uneven and stressed, belying her chipper words. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He breathed the morning air into his lungs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And her heart beat solemnly and her breathing slowed as she grew smaller and smaller and then disappeared—and she had never been. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I lie there, matching my breathing to his, I can tell the moment when he lapses into sleep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the double bed, Pop’s suitcase between us, I can’t breathe right. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

His tic was as natural to him as breathing and blinking. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My breath goes raspy, like there’s not enough air to breathe in the room. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

So much had been breathed out by the pores that Tea Cake still was there. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“But even so,” insisted Calvin, “we couldn’t take chances. Listen, from now on, no one is to as much as breathe to The Brain. I’m taking over.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I feel like there’s a tank truck sitting on my chest; can’t hardly breathe. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give the pot to the cook and linger, breathing in the sweet air, marveling at the brightness of it all. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

You could say that the breathing of oxygen into the atmosphere was the result of evolution, or you could turn it around and say that evolution was the result of oxygen. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In pain, barely able to breathe, Vincent is ready to surrender. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I ran for the bed and scrambled onto the middle of it, breathing hard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Highness,” he would say, “it breathes. Stop my vitals — I fear if you make it any more lifelike, it will flit oil' the page.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet in the room, I remember because I could hear Aunt Julia’s breathing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was crying, but he didn’t make a sound except a hoarse gasp when he had to breathe. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dude was so comatose he didn’t even change his breathing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The lump in my throat barely allowed me to breathe. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

An acrid smoke fills the air, which is not the best remedy for someone trying to regain the ability to breathe. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mother and Father came south, convinced it would be easier to breathe away from Communism. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I breathe deeply, trying to slow my heart. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear her breathe in the dark. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make out the words as I was focused on breathing deep, in and out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the Tillermans, breathing in gasps, were passing the playground, a dusty green pickup swung into the road that circled before the school entrance. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for me, I was sobbing so hard, I could barely breathe. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Her lips were faintly blue, and she was breathing shallowly, her forehead glistening with sweat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Shame on you!” he scolded severely, breathing virtuous fire down and upward into his rusty mustache through his billowing nostrils and prim lips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dizzy, I lean against the wall for balance, breathing slowly. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’d sit on top of the bus if I could, to avoid breathing the same air as him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When you can’t breathe, listening carefully to what people are saying isn’t exactly a priority. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"Your dad broke his nose so many times, he can only breathe through one nostril. That's why he snores like a freight train." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My whole body went numb and I almost couldn’t breathe, like I was drowning, and then I felt like I was gonna faint but I didn’t. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt an icy terror blossom in his chest, expand like a tumor, making it hard to breathe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She breathed shallowly, panting as in childbirth, and could not shout out. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened with secret, egotistical mirth to the husky breathing of the two doctors. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The air close, damp, and heavy; so thick, I could hardly breathe. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When the bus arrives, I breathe a sigh of relief ’cause if I swallow one more drop of frozen air, my vocal cords might go into a state of hypothermia. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t exactly planned it that way, but the more serious things got at camp, the more I found myself needing to call up Rachel and get away, just for some breathing room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After they’re both breathing evenly, I stay where I am, lying between them, staring out at those icicles. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For a time he hung suspended, hardly breathing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brows twitch; her lips tighten; she breathes deep. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and pay attention to the cold stone beneath me and breathe the musty underground air. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hear him get out of bed and breathe heavily as he puts on his pants. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then I stopped breathing as I waited to hear a sound from inside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stayed in the tree, scarce daring to breathe, while the moon crept slowly across the black sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her lips were parted, and she was breathing—not softly as usual with her, but in long, heavy gasps, as though striving to get her lungs full at every breath. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was sound asleep and breathed so regularly that she seemed to be snoring softly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then he flung himself down under a bush and waited for a moment till his breathing steadied. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She looked at Robbie and breathed a sigh of relief: The boy was even more drenched than she was. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And then Lucy’s breathing became stertorous again, and all at once it ceased. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it would help,” I said, “if you scrunched under your desk and breathed quietly and evenly.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I wish we had a camera! It was weird breathing through my back. And it was hard to move. Nothing felt right.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It twinkled and glinted, like breathing, the float slow like breathing too, and debris half submerged, healing out to the sea and the caverns and the grottoes of the sea. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a miracle I didn’t forget to breathe. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Look!” breathed Petey, and he glanced up and saw one of the shadows flickering, gathering scraps of moonlight and cloud to assemble itself into a vague shape that drifted over the tops of the stones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“A bitter tickling in my throat, incapable of breathing. Goosebumps were jumping along my back, and I could hardly feel my feet—they were as if made of cotton-wool.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

How many times had he made them laugh over dinner, stopping only when Doreen couldn’t breathe? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re breathing, so you have to keep going, even when it doesn’t feel like you’re still alive. Speaking of which, care to accompany me down to Washington Park?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The metal in front of them was vibrating, as if it was breathing. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t speak for a moment—my throat tightened and I was having trouble breathing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Keep your stride wide, and remember to breathe. Come off the block like you got a point to prove." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Rufus says when I give him the chance to breathe, and now he kisses me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And yet here was a monster, clear as the clearest night, towering thirty or forty feet above him, breathing heavily in the night air. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

At this, he could not breathe, and shook his head as might a sleeper. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

His throat felt scratchy and it hurt a little to breathe. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had come to notice this breathing so gradually that he had really no idea how long it had been there. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The chimneys were contributing their thickness to the clammy air, and the pleasant reek of smoked herring and mackerel and haddock seemed to breathe out of the very cobbles. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe deeply, and his chest rises and falls with mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They stood trembling at Will’s anger, breathing heavily, clutching their sticks and their stones, and they couldn’t speak. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally felt the weight of the mountain pressing down upon her, and found that she was still struggling to breathe as she pulled herself out into the sunlight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He slammed the brakes, and I flew forward hard enough that my breathing felt weird and tight. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment he stands there, his eyes closed, breathing my air. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I want to breathe in her and with her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The longer he tries to resist the serum, the harder it seems to be for him: color fills his cheeks, and he breathes faster, heavier. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

With best friends, you always know what they are up to, but until break today, Isabella didn’t breathe one word about leaving early. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His companion had shifted his grip and now had one arm across Tree-ear’s throat, throttling him so he could barely breathe. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

All of the badness boils under my skin, stingy ginger-ale bubbles fighting to breathe. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But my chest felt tight, and it was hard to breathe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bilbo backed away to the wall, breathing hard, his hand clutching at his pocket. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She felt it again—that familiar shiver, as if a psychotic snowman had crept up behind her and was breathing down her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He put his little fists up to his face and breathed in a quiet, even way because he was falling asleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We just breathe on you and you get pregnant.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He breathed with relief when he was safely across. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Can still find a way to keep breathing. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that my body was rigid as a plank, my hands balled into fists, my breathing erratic . Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, just before she died, she breathed into the doll and pressed it into my hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The crowds and the heat made it hard to breathe. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

After ’while he quit drinking and started breathing regular. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Anna’s breathing started to slow, but I still wanted to talk. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still conscious, so I know however much I breathed in, it’s not enough to kill me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Whoa!” he says, quickly shifting back and putting a hand over his chest to try and slow his breathing and heart rate down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then Grace arrived, in her swishy silks, a golden scarf at her neck, saying, “Oh my God, I can’t breathe for nervousness!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She dropped his pulse, sending him into unconsciousness as she released the pressure on his larynx, allowing him to breathe. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was breathing hard, pulling with dispirited jerks at the fingertips of a glove. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My tongue swelled so much that it was difficult to breathe through my mouth, and I noticed that it was becoming harder and harder to think clearly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy he breathed, looking around at nothing in particular. By this time, Alby had gotten a good look as well, with a similar reaction. “No way,” he murmured, almost in a trance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

I felt the weight of his arm and the movement of his ribs as he breathed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He let himself go with the motion of the mule, swaying forward and backward with each stride, feeling the rise and fall of the mule’s breathing under his legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was hunched over and breathing hard with her hands on her knees. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Imani makes a breathing sound from the back of her throat and I try to do the same. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes the quality of the dark did not change, and for a moment she stopped breathing, afraid that she could not tell if her eyes were open or shut. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she was fully awake, cold dread unfurled in her chest, making it hard to breathe. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Make sure she don’t get in trouble, but I can’t breathe enough to go. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She reached for our hands and squeezed them, breathing deep and full like a prayer, chewing her bottom lip like penance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The whole world except me is asleep and the only sound is him breathing heavy. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Edith’s breathing was shallow and pained, but she wordlessly nudged her brother forward. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doc’s voice carried over the sound of our breathing, loud in the kitchen and against the still-crackling fire burning the remains of the cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

After several agonizing minutes, the chair was turned off but Mr. Dunkins was still alive, unconscious but breathing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could hear him breathing heavily, and the mix of food and really strong deodorant was making me nauseous. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Still hunched over, I breathe in as fully as possible. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I knelt on the carpet behind the screen, hardly daring to breathe. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I can breathe fire well now,” he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ma wondered how the silver goldfish could remain calm in the bowl, while she herself felt she could barely breathe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The room was cold but nonetheless he felt he could not breathe. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the baby was breathing funny when Branwell came home from school.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was treading water and breathing like a mermaid, a white shark swam closer, the side-to-side movement of his tail propelling the shark forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There were a few inches between them, but their breathing was matched, an even greater intimacy than touch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I stood with my hands on my knees for a while until my breathing returned to normal, but I knew I’d have to get back soon. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed heavy, panting in the shade as she imagined her father’s face, his smile, his voice. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself slowly up the ladder, and then Bronwyn, Emma and I broke the surface just enough to breathe and talk while Millard stayed safe a few feet below, the tube all to himself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They moved in harmony, bending and flowing, twisting and breathing, as if connected. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But he was always moving like a shark, swimming in order to breathe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Hayes was now on her knees, breathing hard, and the sleep on her breath stung my nostrils. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She put a vast arm round his shoulder and drew him toward her, breathing beer and vomit into his face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon strode to the fireplace and back, breathing so heavily that his great black mustache rippled, his face still purple with concentration. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was breathing the same way, only not as fast. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see where he was hit, but I saw all the blood on the bed and it didn’t take a whole lot of figuring to see he wasn’t breathing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first edition, Charles had ended the book: “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pace my breathing as I waited, knowing all the while that I could not. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not claustrophobic, but when I open the door and walk back into my room, I feel like I can breathe again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fresh air came streaming through the opening and they breathed deep, happy breaths. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She sat on the floor at the woman’s head and watched through half-closed eyes, breathing in and out in time with her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She heard Ivan’s ragged breathing from behind her, but she didn’t want to look back and take her eyes off the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, I will ensure the Collective has nanomeds to keep their bodies functioning, so they can breathe in your clean air, which is of course irrelevant without a healthy pulmonary system.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The cessation of rhythmic breathing suggests that either people have woken or have never really been asleep at all. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take it anymore; I couldn’t breathe. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he leans in, breathing heavy, looking into my eyes, and his lips touch mine. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On the ground, huddling beneath ponchos blocking out ash, thin streaks of light, we hold on to each other and breathe. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He fell silent, facing the immensity of the strangeness before them, and then breathed out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I needed to leave, to escape the house and party and all those artificial people, but the front was crowded, so I stumbled onto the patio, where it was quieter and I could breathe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I stopped and leaned ’gainst a tree, waiting for my breathing to catch up to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It burned Pong's nose and mouth when he breathed. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He wove back down the walkway and ducked behind a stack of crates, breathing hard. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then he heard her breathing again, in, out; in, out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A beast followed me on the path,” Kira explained, trying to breathe normally. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Nina checked Inej’s pulse and breathing, relieved to find that she seemed to be stable for now. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s all I can do just to breathe. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he breathed softly against her thigh, his long eyelashes tickling her skin, the warm soapy tang of him wafting up like steam from a cup of herbal tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her breathing slows, I doze off, and when I open my eyes again, I’m alone in my bed, left to wonder if it happened at all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My throat still feels as tight as it did when he first injected me and I found it difficult to breathe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could also see that Canton's chest was pumping, heaving like it was hard for him to breathe. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Rashid could hear Tad’s mother breathing hard and saying “Oh, my God,” over and over again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His body shook with nerves, his quick breathing the night sound between his companion’s talk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I will fall on my knees, in my room, gratefully breathe in lungfuls of the stale air, smelling of furniture polish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop, lean over, breathing hard, the short broken-off broom in my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Realizing that my thoughts are no longer nagging anxieties, I finally take a moment to breathe. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and breathed evenly, but she could tell I wasn’t asleep. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one hand holding up my anaco, she uses the other to wind the faja over my rib cage, so tightly I can barely breathe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened, sometimes, when it got really hot in here; one of the guys would wedge the door open to let the room breathe a little. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was breathing hard, and deep circles of red burned high on her bright cheeks; in all my life I had never seen anyone so maddeningly beautiful as she was at that moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In addition to being all rocks, another bad thing about the moon is that there is no air to breathe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The restaurant was a living, breathing creature, ready to eat me alive. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ignatius breathed pitifully, bumping the tin hot dog over the low cement sill of the garage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if she could hear the trees breathing—the trees, the grass, the night itself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Boots had her arms clasped so tightly around his neck that he could barely breathe, let alone speak. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was breathing fast and couldn’t bring out a word. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Stella could barely breathe—Mrs. Spencer was not a tiny woman—but she hugged her back with equal measure. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Emma put her hand over her mouth to silence her breathing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to breathe away the tightness in my stomach, but it was stuck there, like someone’s fist. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the night when he was sickest, when his pulse was almost gone and his breathing only a flutter, when I thought he was dying, I sat by his side and held his hand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We had the ball and I went coast-to-coast with Brothers breathing on me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We are breathing and we are crying and now slowing down and moving back into the right lane. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I take a look at my nearly empty bedroom and breathe in the memories that I made here. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That had been rough, getting used to breathing in the saltwater air. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the day after that when Fuchsia kept going on and on about her asthma and about how she couldn’t breathe—and I was getting annoyed with her! The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now Quentin began to breathe hard again, who had been peaceful for a time in the warm bed, breathing hard the heady pure snowbom darkness. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m breathing too quickly as I run over to her bookshelves. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He clearly had a good grasp on his own abilities if he was voluntarily diving into people’s minds—the question should have come as naturally as breathing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyelids were fluttering, and her breathing had deepened into a snore. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry!” he breathed, looking at Flatnose as anxiously as a bird obliged to get close to a hungry cat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Vern’s head was tipped to the right, and he breathed through his mouth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then he breathed more deeply, feeling the rhythm of the world around him, an endless rhythm where time disappeared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Sitting there in that truck with nothing but the mountain in front of me, I was so scared I could hardly breathe. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We just breathe to ourselves, and while Jamie watches me, I watch the crickets leaping away from the stone fire pit next to us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to breathe deeply, despite the smell of bodies. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the darkness of the room she listened to her even breathing and knew right then and there that it didn’t matter what Clara’s reasons were for possessing Penelope. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I stood up for a long time again with my face pressed to the steel mesh of the window, breathing clean air that cut my throat and lungs like a razor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Next to him the swollen gutter ran like a stream, noisily; above it I could hear his hoarse breathing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he struggles to shake it off, rubbing his chest, I feel like I can breathe again too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, raised his head and breathed in gently with flared nostrils, assessing the current of warm air for information. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I turned back around, I stopped breathing and almost dropped the candy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes and lay still, except for his breathing, which was very fast and light, like a small animal that has been running. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stops gasping and begins to breathe deeper, and I swallow a smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Hearing nothing but slow, measured breathing, the young man walked softly to stand beside the bed and bent over the sleeping man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That August, as Benton stepped into his dormitory at the University of Atlanta, he breathed deeply, closed his eyes, and fell backward onto his new bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I give him time to regain a somewhat regular breathing pattern. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I walk so slowly up the stairs, I can hear my own breathing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was exhausted; even shoving Leroy back into the truck had made him sweat and breathe hard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our only comfort is the steady breathing of our comrades asleep, and thus we wait for the morning. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And so it has," breathed Tertius, and he twitched, once, twice, three times, and then was stiff. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The night had grown cool, and when he breathed through his mouth, mist filled the air in front of his face. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s still watching me, still breathing heavy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Reggie’s eyesight was blurry, and his chest hurt every time he breathed. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Carmen felt calmer as she breathed in the smell of hay and horses and heard the loud nicker of hello from Rosie. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

We burned hemlock branches and breathed the fumes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I leaned down with my hands on my knees and tried to breathe and not throw up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So she told him about Joey and his fever and about Dallas watching over him and Joey saying, “Who am I? Who am I?” and Dallas trying to get him to breathe again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was barely conscious of the sound of my heart accelerating, though, as my breathing became hyperventilation, I was aware of the sharp aching in my protesting ribs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I fell through a duct and into an oil pocket. Couldn’t get out. The mask couldn’t breathe, anyway. It was full of oil. It was done for.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And certain sounds returned—a silver dollar rolling across a floor, boot steps on hardwood stairs, and the sounds of breathing, the gasps, the hysterical inhalations of a man with a severed windpipe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just ... I can’t breathe shut up here like a ... I would get better, faster, if. I could hunt.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The smoke made it hard to breathe but did give us relief from the mosquitoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found himself choking in mud, unable to move or see or breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ugwu brought a rag and some water and, while he cleaned, he listened to Master’s uneven breathing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m going up. If that thing breathes fire at us it will be like rainwater down a gully.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"They have a boggy stink, like frogs and trees and scummy water. Moss grows under their arms in place of hair, and they can live with nothing to eat but mud and breathe swamp water." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For a moment there was no sound but that tortured breathing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The younger children were rushed from the room, the shades drawn and the flame of the lamp turned so low that it sputtered on the wick like the old man's breathing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without breathing we stared at the place where the snake had been until our eyes caught up and we could all witness our memory of what had passed before us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It breathes, in the warmth, breathing itself in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there she was, breathing so heavy her shoulders heaved up and down. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His breathing had gotten easier, but he was fidgeting in his chair now; he couldn’t seem to get comfortable. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, of course, I’d get one of my asthma attacks and could barely breathe to talk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down across from me, his breathing still heavy. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was the only sound that accompanied the distant lullaby of the wind, and it made it seem as if the whole forest was breathing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I take a swallow of air, like suddenly I have to remind myself to breathe. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn't done this enough to know how to breathe. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He knew he was running away from a house that had pictures of long-dead people on the walls breathing down on him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suma breathes in and out so hard, I think she might throw up. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the barn, Billy showed him how to fix a ball of cotton on a stick, with which to swab out the breathing hole when it became clogged with mucus. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it will be a merrow, and he will give her the gift of breathing underwater and a crown of pearls and take her to his bed under the sea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My chest feels tight, like I’m having trouble breathing. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked outside at Mrs. O’Leary, who was breathing against the glass doors and smearing them with hellhound drool. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Crisp and sweet in her lungs as she breathes, sending a shiver down to her toes that is caused by more than the forewarned drop in temperature. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He touched my hand with his tongue, but only once and then he was quiet and scarcely breathed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to breathe in unison with the sleeping boy—so slowly, so softly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pillow smells of his lime pomade and she breathes it in, sobbing . . . . . . until, drugged by weeping’s opiates, she falls asleep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And it was then, as she stood there, her shoulders rising and falling with her breathing, that Tommy seemed to become aware for the first time just how frail she was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over to the left, the waves of ocean were breathing, sucking down, then boiling back over the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And she was stooped and seemed to be finding it hard to breathe, as if the air of that place stifled her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was just the two of us in the front room, him breathing or fussing or pulling at his bottle, and me thinking about what I would say at the trial. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

My nose was already swelling up so badly I couldn’t breathe through it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He coughed out water and started breathing air, but it forced all his flesh and blood to his upper body. That’s why his chest is so thick and his legs are so skinny.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They collapse, tighten, squeeze, and suddenly you’re breathing through a drinking straw. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I say, breathing a sigh of relief, but Sneaky doesn’t notice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Does he feel the same urge to occupy the same space, to breathe the same air that I do? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe slid to the ground and huddled there in the cheering crowd, breathing hard, exhausted, confused, and exhilarated. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her mother swooped in and said, “Jackie,” disapprovingly, but I said, “No no, it’s okay,” because it totally was, and then Jackie asked, “Would they help me breathe, too?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her breathing got easier as we prayed, and when we were done, I knelt on the side of the bed and put my arms around my grandma. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I collapse to the floor on my left shoulder, and try to breathe through die pain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finn could hardly breathe, could hardly believe he would get this chance, but he once again dropped the bag he was carrying, forced the words out: “Where’s Roza?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His chest moves up and down, and his nostrils flare like he’s breathing fire. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t trust your balance in my charming Hill House,” Luke said, and Eleanor breathed deeply, dizzy, and staggered. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crouch in the bedroom, in the dark, wrapped in Jon’s old sleeping bag, listening to the wheezing sound of Sarah breathing and the whisper of sleet against the window. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had to look back then, because she’d never heard her mother breathe like that. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The princely clothes he wore were strange to him, the stones he stood on were unfamiliar, the very air he breathed was alien; he was not himself, not the self he had been. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “And I don’t care what happens, sir, I ain’t gonna breathe a word to no one if you teaches us ’bout that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He could feel her breathing next to him, could see the puffs of steam rising from her mouth before disappearing into the cold sky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The paneling of this office once breathed the humid air of a Congolese forest, gave shelter to life, felt the scales of snake belly on its branches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The air is so cold it hurts to breathe. I would stop, but that would hurt worse.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The two of us sat there for several minutes, breathing slowly and trying to settle ourselves down. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“But it moved as though it were. It breathed.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I click out of the video and stare at the conversation with Angela, suddenly aware that I’m breathing hard. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He let up on my stomach a bit so I could breathe. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and slowly Snape regained control of himself, mastered his own breathing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He resisted it for three quarters of an hour before his breathing slowed and he went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived and breathed the quest for liberation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Chameleon slowly unfaded back into view, and I could start panting again, trying to catch up on breathing. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He sighed, and his breathing slowed against my neck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not an animal. I do not eat or breathe. I am not alive.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jake breathed a silent sigh of relief and finally let go of Grace’s hand. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Luke took a few deep breaths, but it felt like he was breathing through a wet towel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would be able to hear the waves and if they would sound like the Earth breathing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“How can breathing be solemn? It’s just breathing.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"How could I not? Look at them things. Honestly, TJ, don't even know how you breathing right now," Jasmine continued. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It all had gotten into the air and mixed together, and the first thing you know after you start breathing that stuff, you say things like what I said to Meryl Lee. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The images of Fred, Lupin, and Tonks lying dead in the Great Hall forced their way back into his mind’s eye, and for a moment he could hardly breathe: Death was impatient.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Loretta slips away and I can hear her breathing like a broken bird in the cellar dark. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mars had told him the spear would give him breathing room until he learned to use his mother’s talents. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She could hear Sherm’s breathing next to her and smell the smell of his shirt. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He hugged me so tight I could hardly breathe. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cobb was still throttling the arms of her chair, but she was leaning back how and not breathing so heavily. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to laugh. I love how prom is on the list right after freedom and breathing.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Next to one of them was a breathing machine. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m having trouble breathing at a normal pace. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The air felt suddenly heavy, like she was breathing mud. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As much as I complain about winter, cold air is easier to breathe, slipping like silver mercury down my lungs and out again. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

His brain was in a heated whirl; his breath scorched when he breathed, and the ground all about him was a shimmering haze. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“And I am yoga trained in slow breathing. I won’t move a muscle.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t move! Don’t even breathe,” I am told. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always hated foam chairs covered in fabric, because they seemed hot and sticky. The skin is an organ, it breathes. This idea of getting something breathable like the straw hat was intriguing to me.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Abuela started complaining more frequently about her breathing, and you could tell it was getting harder for her to get around. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Fish-horse magic, I guess. I remember the green guy touching my head with the point of a dagger. Then I could breathe.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was still alive—green and shivering, barely breathing, but alive. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He just lay there staring at the window without even blinking, breathing the chill heady pure snowgleamed darkness. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughs so hard that she makes those funny little snorts when she tries to breathe in. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He calms his breathing and is thankful he can feel the touch of Trina’s hand on his back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her features melted back into Penelope’s, and her chest rose and fell as she breathed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was breathing harder now and I knew he was dying because there was nothing we could do to help him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He leaned his head back against the stone and breathed in the mildew. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I breathed tight breaths through my nostrils and gritted my teeth together. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I am alive, I live, I breathe, I put my hand out, unfolded, into the sunlight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the window, breathing in the scents of stale beer and roasted meat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He dreamed about that place in the past, and about a red blanket that was warm and moved rhythmically like breathing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had no control over the log, but it kept her head above water so that she could breathe more than one gulp at a time. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly giving us time to breathe, Ms. Faraci launched into her lecture on acids and bases and the importance of a neutral pH. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My breathing slows, and finally we have everything on the list. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We steadied our heavy, excited breathing to hear what we could. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded Aru of how sometimes in winter it hurt to breathe because the air had become overly sharp and thin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had to breathe deeply to overcome his shock. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s only the sound of my breathing, the enormous effort it takes to draw the water in, push it out of my lungs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

No, she tried to breathe deeply and evenly and keep her eyes fixed on those of the beast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We breathed in the air, looked outside and both felt that the spell shouldn’t be broken with words. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He sat and bowed his head; the room was quiet, so quiet that Bigger heard the preacher and Jan breathing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe against the side of her neck, unable to move. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Its grip was so tight she could barely breathe, and the Cursed Forest passed before them in a blur of black and gray. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I press my cheek to hers and breathe deeply before I get up to go. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sit there on a toilet for a long time, just trying to breathe. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I realize I’m holding my breath, and I force myself to breathe. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He breathed heavily and seemed to like their gentle stroking. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He found that he was breathing very slowly and deeply and that the potion’s fumes seemed to be filling him up like drink. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s like breathing—something that happens over which I have no control. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Beaming, Harry threw it open and breathed in the smell of clean air and grass for a moment before walking down the steps into the dusk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had to breathe in short puffs as we waited at the front door of the Ogilvie mansion. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a child, Roosevelt suffered from acute asthma, a respiratory disease that caused his airways to constrict, making it difficult for him to breathe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He asked me, When do you even breathe? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

If she had figured he had come for a place to breathe, she might have been more understanding—even if she had wondered about him some. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Phil eases himself back, breathing hard, his eyes fixed on Brian—who covers his face with his hands, blood dripping between his fingers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Doris Whicher didn’t notice; she was in the throes of a hangover, and the smell of liquor was so strong that Malcolm thought she ought to breathe more carefully near the fire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His heavy breathing intensified and I knew he had fallen asleep. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then, I wouldn’t feel I’m suffocating in the dark heat, hear Mama Ya-Ya’s breathing ragged and slow, or smell the Mississippi living in our house. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Let me out of here: a person can't breathe in this closet." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s changed,” she breathed as we sat in front of the old synagogue, still white, aged, but slightly noble with its four tall columns. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Viola’s on top of me and I’m breathing heavy into her face and she’s breathing heavy into mine. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My breathing, the journey of the drips of water that trail from his skin onto mine, the rise and fall of his chest, the blink of his eyelids. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was listening to their breathing, when he heard, in the distance, an altogether different sound. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the midst of fear Lyra knelt by Lanre’s body and breathed his name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A chilly breeze blew up and I breathed it deep as it flowed over me, letting it power me on to follow Jay’s lead through the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Joey stared hard at Dallas and then closed his eyes and stopped breathing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But once it healed I would, at least, be able to breathe normally. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I mean if she can breathe on her own, then she’ll wake up soon?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl breathed on the pin and it glowed faintly. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know where to breathe from, and everything turned black when the liquid began pouring in.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was a matter in part of posture and breathing, but even more so of soul. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This was crazy, trying to breathe into a real live human being. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to breathe, but I have to try. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The fat boy stood by him, breathing hard. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ruby breathed a woeful sigh as her dinner was put before her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Before dawn he felt her breathing close to his face, and when he opened his eyes, she was smiling at him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He heard his mother and brother and sister breathing softly, in deep sleep. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust his face into hers, forcing her to breathe his rancid breath; his untrimmed nails bit into her arms. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Pa’s breathing catched up to him good, we headed back. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The sound of my breath comes to me, a disembodied gasping, as if it’s someone else breathing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a short while, he breathed normally and thumped his tail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Stepping inside, I breathe a sigh of relief when I see the yellow balloon floating on top of the water, a few feet from the edge. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The flower stench socks me in the nose so hard that I start breathing through my mouth. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If I was like a normal kid I would’ve busted out crying, but I just stood there breathing hard. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Since eating has always been a given for me, he treats it like breathing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

With the sun beating down on the top of her head, the heat and humidity make it difficult for her to breathe. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knows that I stop listening and start to really breathe fast. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her ears rang with the sound of Shae’s and Kaede’s breathing in that small room, and beneath it, the flutter of her heartbeat seemed as loud as a drum. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I feel my hands shaking, and my breathing is ragged. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not moving as the portraits at Hogwarts moved, but there was a certain magic about them all the same: Harry thought they breathed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was killing himself; it was true he couldn’t breathe right. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the number five seat, Stub McMillin realized with astonishment that he was still breathing through his nose after three full miles of rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After an hour and a half of this, Selhan was sweating and breathing hard, but he was doing better than I was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Granny’s harsh breathing and the hushed voices in the parlor filled the silence. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Their clothes were torn, and they were frightened; they came up the platform and stood near him, breathing hard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on the edge of my seat the whole time Nico works and realize I’m hardly breathing. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My old professor was taking morphine now to ease his breathing. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed his name, unable to return the hug. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I breathed through my mouth, quieter that way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Presently it grew altogether dark: the air itself seemed black and heavy to breathe. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“And please don’t breathe down my neck, dear!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would continue his anxious pacing, breathing like a cat and thinking about Amaranta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He waved a paw at her, but it was another minute or two before he could stand upright and breathe without coughing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Every minute the water breathed round the death rock and flowered into a field of whiteness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Leo had noticed that Percy seemed to get winded more easily these days - probably because of that nasty acid air he’d been forced to breathe in Tartarus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He heard the man’s heavy breathing mixed with his own, the solid thumps of their feet pounding the steps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He felt like he couldn't breathe, like a stone wall was sitting on his chest with the bricks running through his veins. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s still breathing, but it’s getting shallower and her pulse is weaker than it was before. I don’t know what to do.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My insides are cold from breathing in frozen air. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lobby of the hotel smells like candied lemon and bleach, an acrid combination that burns my nostrils when I breathe it in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He breathed the air outside the doors and it smelled like trains, diesel oil, and creosote ties under the steel track. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its tongues wriggled into the booth, snaking around my arm, my waist, then around my neck, squeezing tighter and tighter until I couldn’t breathe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As she remains there, I come back a few times to check she’s still alive, but I can always hear her breathing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Everything,” he breathed and buried his face in his hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see any signs that she was breathing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause and the room became so silent that the two girls hardly dared to breathe. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

A pair of arms wrapped around his waist so tightly he couldn’t breathe. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Plants eat and grow and breathe, but they cannot laugh or sing or wonder. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He broke them all, lined the pieces up carefully, and sat there, elbows on the desk, hands covering his face, breathing heavily. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really don’t hate me,” I breathed out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I am expressing my feelings, Johnny. That is what being a living, breathing human being is all about. Hello?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

No longer set apart for being sinful, I felt that I could breathe again, live again, that I had been released from a prison. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned my head against the doorjamb and just breathed and listened and smelled. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Lyra watched, hardly daring to breathe, and squeezing her hands together so tight it hurt. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

At this last word, the Hall was filled with a silence so absolute that nobody seemed to be breathing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Omar breathed in, tapped his chin with the pen, let his breath out. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He breathed for so long I thought he might pass out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ares turned to glare at our spectators, which gave me a moment to breathe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ron had given up completely, and was merely trying to avoid breathing in the putrid fumes issuing from his cauldron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“But you seem so much stronger, my Lord —” “Liar,” breathed the second voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even though we are in an open-air camp, we breathe the recycled air of dread and anxiety. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She felt the hardness of him against her hip, and the sour-sweet smell of whiskey filled her nostrils as he breathed onto her face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to breathe with the corset crushing her ribs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s as if Snow’s breathing right in my face, telling me it’s time to die. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“What was”—Chubs was having a hard time breathing— “that horrible noise?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’m breathing deeply, trying to slow my heart rate, to quell the panic rising in my chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man’s body relaxed and he got on his hands and knees, laboring heavily to breathe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

What they really needed was a nice long search without Madam Pince breathing down their necks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It’s quite a long dream, considering the list of people, and the deeper I’m buried, the harder it is to breathe. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was breathing heavily and there was spittle on his lower lip. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The startled girl pulled each statement out as if it were a rare gift to be examined, breathing deeply after every sentence. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper Jr.’s forearm was locked tight against my throat, and it hurt to breathe. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He breathed heavily, watching me with alert, hungry eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At times I would wake up in panic, unable to breathe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never did, and each time she made it to her next class without seeing him, she breathed a sigh of relief. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She breathes in the fear that rises from him with the grit and dust. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She clutched hold of the mask and breathed short and deep, pantingly, making the respirator click. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Daddy stands in the middle of the street, breathing hard, looking helpless. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Gabilan’s breathing was quiet at last; the hole in his throat moved gently. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched Ghost behind the ear, brooding, and Jon let the silence breathe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Uncle George began to breathe loudly, and he wiped sweat off his forehead. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon Jinjoo heard the soft breathing of her older sister too. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And then I stopped running because I was breathing really hard and my legs hurt. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When his breathing grew deep and rhythmic, I got up and tiptoed out of the room. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the sheer vastness of Rome grabbed him by the throat and made it hard to breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and breathed deep, trying not to fidget. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I miss her so much, my throat squeezes up and I can't breathe, let alone sing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I think he breathes me in, but I might be making that up. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The smell of the marigolds was so strong, I could hardly breathe. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The old man could hardly breathe now and he felt a strange taste in his mouth. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as if breathing out a cloud, he blew. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I also wish he would breathe his tuna breath on someone else. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to think of nothing, tried to focus on calm, regular breathing. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

By the time Harriet Ross was six years old, she had unconsciously absorbed many kinds of knowledge, almost with the air she breathed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi's breathing was still shallow, and he found his own heartbeat had synchronized with hers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But if I’d said I wanted to go to college, it would have been like saying I wanted to grow gills and breathe underwater.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

That night, she had the first Dark Swoop: A thick blanket descended from above and pressed itself over her face, firmly, while she struggled to breathe. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could hardly breathe, but he looked towards me and said: “Hailsham. I bet that was a beautiful place.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the time I fell out of the big live oak tree near our house and couldn’t breathe. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The wet sound of the dead feeding and the mans fading cries cuts through my heavy breathing and the growls of other approaching shamblers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But that was no good, he couldn't breathe. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

You talking about another chance to breathe some air 5 other guys ain't breathing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he breathes back in, it is like a high cry. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

There was a tear in his shirt in the center of his back and blood was soaking through the cloth, but sweat was running off his pale face and he was breathing hard. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You took that from Sirius’s house,” said Harry, who was almost nose to nose with Mundungus and was breathing in an unpleasant smell of old tobacco and spirits. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Conor shouted, the terror following him into waking, gripping his chest so hard it felt as if he couldn’t breathe, his throat choking, his eyes filling with water. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I breathe him in, all cocooned up in the place he dreams, tenderness crushing into me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At the same instant, breathing in, he felt the air change, and his very breath was cold. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I bound my breath to the air outside, it made it impossible for me to breathe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Listening to Geak and Chou breathing softly, my eyes stay wide open. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back and still breathing?” the old man inquired. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I knelt in the snow and tried to breathe and think, but I couldn’t do a good job of either. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The man happened to be next to me on the right, and I took his head on my knees to give him relief in breathing: so he died. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I leave behind choking white smoke, but even so, it stings my throat, my eyes, my breathing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lay still now, but sleep remained far away; and it was not encouraged by the sound of Merry breathing softly, asleep in a few minutes after saying good night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I could breathe again I said his name, but he didn’t move. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her children slept peacefully beside her; Timothy’s breathing was quiet and easy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed the last few meters, breathing through my mouth, and started firing over the other side. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had sinus trouble and he couldn't breathe too hot when he was asleep. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Cole breathed deeply, once again feeling the icy numbness creep into his body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He stood breathing, and the more he breathed the land in, the more he was filled up with all the details of the land. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy looked out over San Francisco Bay and breathed in the salty sea air. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He heard her give a soft moan that seemed not to end even when she breathed in or out; a moan which he heard, too, from far away and without heeding. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my goodness,” the young man breathed, putting his hand to his throat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my face against the soft hair at the back of her neck and breathe her in, baby powder and child’s washed flesh and shampoo, with an undertone, the faint scent of urine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer tried not to hear, but even as he bobbed on a merry-go-rounding horse, as he breathed deeply the sweet crispy tangle of a funnel cake, there it was: pop ping. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even though he was breathing heavily, his mocking tone was still clear. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Some pipes carry oxygen to breathe, others carry water to drink or to cool equipment. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched by the canoe and pulled the blanket higher over Alice’s shoulders, tucking it around Lyra’s head, making sure she could breathe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later the whole building was in flames, and it was impossible to breathe because of the bombs and the smoke. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed heavily and focused on moving one foot at a time. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy . . . ,” he breathed, looking around at nothing in particular. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don’t learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!!!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow, this is cool,” breathes Jay, awed by the computer’s map of bright colors, straight and curved lines. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Calder’s grandmother had once told him that he breathed patterns the way other people breathed air. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was not breathing because she didn’t have to. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the bed of damp earth, her breathing slowed and that which separated herself from the swamp disappeared. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She had difficulty focusing on his face as she breathed in and out, in and out. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His tears flowed in the mantle unperceived; only Alkinoos, at his elbow, saw them, and caught the low groan in the man’s breathing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be more accurate, it felt like the entire world stopped breathing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her lips pinch together as she breathes in through her nose. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Four sleeps on the floor and I sleep on his bed, on top of the quilt, breathing in the scent of his pillowcase. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tried to breathe through my mouth—there was a smell to the place, like something or someone had died inside its walls. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

His mother’s breathing—in and out, in and out—was a soothing rhythm, and it helped to distract him from the mounting dread inside of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I made myself listen to my breathing so I wouldn’t cry. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I could lie in no casket, even if it was cracked some so I could breathe, and hear dirt being tossed on it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held on even after Papa stopped breathing. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

As I focused on my breathing, he grasped me by the palm and elbow, and firmly drew my hand back so that it was perpendicular to my wrist. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Time to sing, and to think, and to breathe. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The hut was filled with girls, big and small, and all the breathing noises made Nhamo feel safer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt ill, and I was also having a difficult time breathing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The steam rose rapidly, and she breathed in the sharp scent. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sir Palomides had collapsed on a stone mounting block, without troubling to take his head off, and was breathing heavily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that burdened heart of his would not be still, would not let him keep silence—would not let him breathe until he cried again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The second giant breathed frost at Annabeth, who was barely able to stand, but Grover pulled her out of the way while Thalia went to work. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They want to see if I’m willing to endure a lifetime of misery simply to keep breathing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Later Billy, lying in the darkness, listened to the even sounds of his wife’s breathing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eat my tortilla, Breathe in, breathe out, And return inside, Wiping my oily hands On my knee-scrubbed jeans. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glowed, and the mesa hardly breathed—the day was suspended, as still as a frightened rabbit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the breathing, the clearing of throats, the accidental springing up of a seat as the audience adjusts and the conductor lifts his baton to begin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He felt in his hunger a deep sense of duty, as powerful as the urge to breathe, as intimate as the beat of his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I didn’t like the bit about having to breathe into someone else’s mouth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My mother’s breathing had now fallen into rhythm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was holding on to his left arm and breathing hard. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And Turner, who found himself breathing hard, nodded. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He carefully measured his breathing and his heartbeat and found them to be the same—exactly—as they had been since he’d started to keep track of them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about . . . like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t breathe through my mouth or my nose. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him some time to quiet his breathing, longer to stop trembling, and longer still to remember some fleeting familiarity about that gliding shape he had seen. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he breathed a long sigh that trembled in the night air. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm thinking. I'm thinking so that I can hardly breathe. Wait, wait, do wait." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“S’pose it wadn’ his time to die but it was that trestle’s time to fall?” her sister breathed, touching my cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Telling him not to cheat is like telling him not to breathe. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of the lord's house, raising his head to breathe in the delicious smells of the upcoming banquet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The combination of seeing that word and breathing the smell of the first floor, which is the smell of the cafeteria after lunch, creates some kind of echo in my head, like a faraway shout. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He knew the boy lay awake in the night and listened to hear if he were breathing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I would take fifteen minutes before I began my warm-up to focus on my breathing and my thoughts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That day, I held her limp hand and watched as her breathing grew ragged, as eventually there were long pauses between her inhales. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The air’s so dry that breathing burns my nostrils. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lynn continued to sleep, her breath catching heartbreakingly, as if breathing had become a hardship for her body. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cake was placed in front of him, and Palmer found that he could neither move nor breathe. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“They had their hands over my nose and mouth. I couldn’t breathe!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could barely breathe as Cas tilted the bag and said, “The gun is gone.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She hears Madame Manec’s raspy breathing, and the deep sounding of the sea among the rocks, and the calls of someone down the beach echoing off the high walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She turned and walked away, and I finally started to breathe again. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was satisfied, and mother and sister, who had looked on in suspense, began to breathe easily and to smile. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was frost on the hairs of their muzzles and their breathing made plumes of frost in the air. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She held the rubber tight to her face and breathed fast. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I can breathe again I open it and fish around till I find the box with the bandages. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He breathed in its smell—pear, vanilla, sandalwood—while he gathered his courage. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She grew accustomed to falling asleep with the sound of others breathing nearby, and at times she wondered how she had ever lived another way. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He felt such a burgeoning fear in his chest that it was hard to breathe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His breathing was labored; he mumbled and twice flayed his arms as if to shake some invisible attackers off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In Dad's chilly office I opened his filing cabinets and breathed in their metal-flavored air. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I arrange the carpet the way I want it, I can breathe a little easier. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The tension in the air was thick; Thomas couldn’t hear anyone breathing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

From all the fast breathing going on you’da thought the five other scared people had come back and brought a couple of scared friends with them. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I breathe a sigh of relief and rise up to get ready for choir practice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He could hardly breathe; trembling so violently the water lapped over the edges of the pool, he felt for the blade with his numb feet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And way more than Shakespeare’s—I mean, Franny had been with us, breathing and walking and eating and laughing, and shedding skin. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Turner felt the cold air deep down when he breathed it in, and the snow that fell on his lashes and into his hair stayed there, gleefully stubborn. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I breathed, dirt caked my throat and settled in my lungs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until my head started to swim that I realized I wasn’t breathing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” June breathed, holding the paper like it was made of the thinnest glass. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Beetle stole time from her chores and came often to see him, wrap her skirt more tightly around him, and make sure he still breathed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to breathe, but he was inhaling pure heat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She sat there with her hands on the wheel, breathing heavily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I stopped breathing, and the scream of quiet filled my head to bursting. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I feel like my throat is broken but I throw up some water and can breathe a little better. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shorty needed more than a minute to start breathing semiregularly; then he tilted a little onto his side and heaved and flopped back again, his eyes fixed on the starry sky. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, Redemption’s breathing began to slow. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

With Jamie’s help, I learned different breathing exercises and ways to use guided imagery to help prevent and mediate my anxiety. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t breathe and my pulse stopped in its tracks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You went trespassing at the mayor’s? Near as I figure, you’re lucky to still be breathing.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In another minute I would not be able to breathe for the anger filling me up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They strode in slow circles around her, breathing in and out like the summer breeze. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Papas breathing was always noisy, but now he panted as if he were out of breath, and I wondered what he was thinking, if perhaps he was running in his mind, running away from something. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His grip immediately went slack, and I crashed to the ground, sobbing as I was finally able to breathe again. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They all look like Metias to me, and I have to breathe a little harder, walk a little faster, anything to stay focused. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I breathed, running my fingers along the bumps of the rhinestones. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

An aftermath of a dead man was probably still lying on the flat, flat earth, breathing up the dirt till it lined his lungs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They breathed together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Therefore, if that guy was breaking with Ebola, he might have caught it by breathing it in the air. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled back, looking at his handsome face, and tried to remember how to breathe. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I’m breathing, so I remind myself to do so. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But the sounds of one another’s breathing made them all feel a little safer. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the noises got louder, I could pick out the sound of something big breathing heavily. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was getting harder to breathe, as though someone had thrown a cotton blanket over his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But she could hear only their labored breathing and the stamping of their feet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the mold smell, I now breathe a mixture of fresh paint and what I eventually identify as mouse droppings. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to practice his breathing technique, and his heart rate finally started to subside from the painful thumping of the last few minutes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One half of the pair still breathing and vibrant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The realization hits me so hard and fast that I can barely breathe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The music feels too loud and too soft all at once, and underneath its bass line, I can hear Abby breathing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He halted the horse and sat for a moment, breathing hard. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tagoe didn’t have to do the exercise with the Plutos to know the relief they were in for once they breathed out and blinked. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I breathed slowly in and out through my mouth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hard surface beneath her was strangely cool and damp, and the air she breathed slightly dank. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the street there were a hundred other people breathing in the air I needed. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I walk from one room to another, breathe through the crack in the window frame, feel my heart beating as if to say, “Fulfill my longing at last...” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Once I saw it was only his hat, though, I could breathe again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Gradually, their lungs calm and they breathe more softly, less deeply. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The breathing continued, sickly and uneven, but Sierra couldn’t pinpoint where it came from. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I breathe a sigh of relief when she pulls up a few seconds later. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

There was only nothing, so much nothing that he couldn’t breathe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His breathing was regular and I thought he was asleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She toiled painfully up the steps, shapeless, breathing heavily. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did he stop long enough to breathe. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It's hard to breathe, and I realize Johanna's sitting on my chest, pinning me at the shoulders with her knees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her breathing stopped and he became electrically alert—then her throat clicked and the rhythmed snoring continued. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I missed the sound of Judy breathing, the squeak of the bed as she rolled over, even the ticking of her alarm clock. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how a son of Neptune can drown. I can breathe underwater. But the crown of the legion—” “That’s got to be the eagle,” Hazel said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My feet slap against the floor noisily, my breathing coming in frantic gasps. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We could breathe in the smells of springtime and watch the passing countryside. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was only when I exhaled that I realized I hadn’t been breathing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I have to force my lips from the bottle to breathe. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I fall into the dirt, breathing and gasping and crying—seems like all I ever do is cry—and the dragonflies with their crystal wings still don’t pay me any mind. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When it had reached up to his thighs, he lay down slowly and put his face full into it and breathed in a long, careful breath. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s breathing was steady, the way it got before she started snoring. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then his mouth was on mine so hard I could barely breathe. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He breathed in the steam, thinking back to the first pot of the morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He learned, while breathing in, to quiet his heartbeat, learned to lessen his heartbeats, until there were few and hardly any more. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in, close my eyes, and inhale the warm, nutty aroma. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I don't have time to wipe my tears, or control my breathing, or pull my phone away from my ear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don't know if it’s the loud breathing or the footsteps, but when I open my eyes I’m as alert as I’d be in the middle of the day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The air was cleaner up there, easier to breathe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something furry pushed itself against her side in one smooth, insinuating motion, Coraline jumped, then breathed a, sigh of relief when she saw what it was. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Slowly, breathing softly through his mouth, he crawled toward the rocks shut away by greenery grown ruthless in sun and air. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you’re brave enough to be alone with him,” she breathed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sign on Miles’s back rose and fell with his breathing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was barely breathing fast at all, but I felt like I was dying. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly breathing too hard, my head full of fire again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was because Abba was different, because people strolled into our compound at will, because the very air we breathed moved more slowly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our eyes meet, and all of a sudden I remember to breathe. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Both troopers seemed to breathe in simultaneously, like they had a long day ahead of them, a long unpleasant day. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Pipkin, who was lying on his left side, breathing quickly and heavily, rolled over and stretched out his front paw, underside turned upward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly daring to breathe, Harry edged right up to the opening and peered through a tiny gap left between crate and wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were both breathing fast, but the smile had reappeared round the comers of her mouth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She’s the new girl I told you about who is so shy you can hardly notice her breathing. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the pause before someone picks up the thread of conversation, they all listen to the baby's soft breathing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The scent of tobacco drifted across the grass and I breathed it in, reminded of my father. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had been breathing through a straw and was finally able to use his whole airway to inhale again. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Okay, living, breathing human being,” he says, biffing her lightly on the shoulder. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Letting this thing between us breathe and bloom. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I lean against the door, breathing hard with relief. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

From my backseat car window, I would point my nose toward Kiddieland and breathe in the smells of roasting hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and candied apples cooling on refreshment stand counters. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Orr was breathing rhythmically with a noise that was stertorous and repulsive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The breathing began to slow down, grow shallower. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will never breathe the air of a damp New England morning, see smoke rising from a neighbor’s chimney, shiver in a car waiting for the glass to defrost and the engine to warm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was safe, or safer than if he went down—the plane was flying, he was still breathing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked to a boarding house and asked for a room, explaining to the clerk that she suffered from tuberculosis and that her doctor had told her to spend some time breathing dry desert air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle to breathe and can’t inhale at all, so I reach for the door handle. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fear flares through me then, as if by speaking of it I’ve breathed life into it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was breathing as fast and heavy as a runaway horse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warm, humid air engulfed them, making it almost hard to breathe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I held my box so tightly against my chest that it hurt to breathe. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hades’s dungeon was meant for dead people, and they don’t breathe. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her arms were looped around his head and when she tightened her grip he rose through it, desperate to breathe, up to his full height and enfolded her, crushing her head against his chest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to gain weight just breathing the air in here.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z