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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
breath
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breath of air
▪ I went outside for a breath of air.
a breath test (=to find out if someone has drunk alcohol)
▪ Some people think the police should be able to carry out random breath tests.
breath test
deep breath
▪ She stopped and took a deep breath.
gasp for air/breath
▪ Brendan climbed slowly, gasping for breath.
muttered under...breath
▪ ‘He’s such an unpleasant man,’ Alyssia muttered under her breath.
panting for breath
▪ He was panting for breath.
pause for breath
▪ She had to pause for breath after every two or three steps.
puffing for breath
▪ He caught up with Gary, puffing for breath.
wait with bated breath (=while feeling very anxious or excited)
▪ She waited with bated breath to see what he would say.
waited...with bated breath
▪ He waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
▪ Bill Muggeridge opened his mouth to say something, but happily only bad breath came out.
▪ The mouth of the face had bad breath.
▪ Warning: Moderate consumption of this product is likely to cause pronounced belching and bad breath.
▪ Despite suggestions that he should bathe every day, he still suffers from smelly feet and bad breath.
▪ Warning: Eaten in sufficient amounts, this product ensures bad breath, probable indigestion and pungent, loose stools.
▪ Why didn't they tell us which EastEnder had such bad breath her screen husband couldn't bear kissing her?
▪ Kids talk candidly and loudly about their Santa experience, and are quick to point out body odor and bad breath.
bated
▪ From July onwards the town of Whaddon had waited with bated breath.
▪ Neither Bradford nor Birmingham regrets entering the tourist trade - the industry waits with bated breath to see how Swindon fares.
▪ I was waiting with bated breath for him to say something, anything, that wasn't a cliche.
▪ So now I wait with bated breath.
deep
▪ She took a deep breath and rang the bell at the parson's house.
▪ I stuck my head out of the window and took deep breaths of the fragrant air.
▪ She took a deep breath, then walked reluctantly to the massive door and rang the bell.
▪ When my turn comes I take a deep breath and plunge in.
▪ When he heard the deep intake of breath, Joe related.
▪ I shut my eyes, extend my arms to their fullest, and take a deep breath.
▪ Blood matted the blond hair, and Lindsey took a deep breath as she leaned closer to peer at the wound.
hot
▪ Cardiff could feel hot breath on his leg, and knew that the Peters thing wanted to bite him.
▪ She cupped the raw winter air in her hands and blew hot breath into her palms.
▪ I n the United States the hot breath of corruption is misting up the mirror of democratic politics.
▪ He could almost feel hot, fetid breath warming his skin.
▪ The first whispering breeze came like a hot breath and Wexford closed his windows.
▪ His patchy mongrel pants like an iris where shamrock fans forget to blur. Hot breath of August.
indrawn
▪ She heard the indrawn breath hiss sharply through his teeth, and felt the wave of emotion that washed over him.
▪ There was a brief silence like an indrawn breath.
▪ She couldn't prevent her tiny indrawn breath.
▪ From somewhere in the darkness, Sophie made little, stricken noises, all on an indrawn breath.
▪ He could hear her sharply indrawn breath, the effort it took not to comment.
▪ She started, her indrawn breath a soft hiss.
▪ Each indrawn breath was a little throaty snore.
▪ Her head shot round, her shocked gasp mingling with the audible hiss of sharply indrawn breath.
long
▪ Rostov drew a long shuddering breath.
▪ Joe exhales a long breath and sneaks another look at the clock: 1: 58.
▪ The T'ang gave a gentle laugh, delighted, and took a long, deep breath.
▪ He took in a long breath, held it and squeezed the handle of the cutters.
▪ Feeling it should be Michele who recovered it, Luce drew a long, steadying breath and turned to climb down.
▪ As soon as the train started, I drew a long breath of relief.
▪ So innocent a scent, and yet ... Shivering, he took a long, slow breath of her.
sharp
▪ Suddenly, remembering Shaaban's fear - and the man had courage enough - Claudel drew a sharp breath.
▪ There was a sharp intake of breath.
▪ She heard him take a quick, sharp breath.
▪ Then, with a sharp hiss of breath, he brought the sword down sharply.
▪ I force her skinny little arms into the position I need and ignore the sharp intake of breath.
▪ He drew in a sharp breath, his stooped shoulders almost straightening.
▪ Crystal iced spires in twinkling reflection, Sharp intake of breath at such perfection.
▪ There was a sharp intake of breath behind him, and there she stood in the doorway looking at him.
short
▪ She went low again, behind Siang, taking a short breath before turning and kicking upward.
▪ Half-dressed and short of breath, they lay side by side resentful of one another and the skylight above them.
▪ He is not a large man, but portly now and rather short of breath.
▪ He fairly sprinted up the stairs, and scarcely paused at the top although clearly short of breath.
▪ She was also short of breath, and her whole face was beginning to swell.
▪ As adults our abdomens get tightened up from stress, and we get used to taking very short, shallow breaths.
▪ The stench of damp that enveloped her was noxious; she tried to take short breaths.
▪ It took away my breath until I took little, short breaths like gasps.
warm
▪ She tensed; very softy he blew into her ear, until she quivered as his warm breath passed through her.
▪ I am more likely to sense their warm breath than their lips.
▪ And answer: warm flutter of breath.
▪ That his warm breath on her face churned up her insides to such an extent that she was forced to lie rigid?
▪ Paul D blew warm breath into the hollow of his cupped hands.
▪ She felt the warm breath from his wild beast's mouth softly, against her cheek.
▪ I stroked his lovely velvety pelt and smelt his warm meaty breath.
■ NOUN
back
▪ Suddenly he noticed how pale I was, and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back.
▪ Grabbing at the Zodiac's tow line, he held himself against the river for a moment, getting his breath back.
▪ She claimed she must get her breath back.
▪ Just the place to get your breath back.
▪ When he got his breath back she kissed him.
▪ The buoy shielded her from the view of the guards, and she used that advantage to get her breath back.
▪ I locked the shed again and jogged as far as the bridge while I got my breath back.
▪ I am starting to puff a bit now so I stop behind a Ford Capri and try to get my breath back.
test
▪ Instead he admitted lesser motoring offences including drink-driving, failing to give a breath test and not stopping after an accident.
▪ Police stopped Kelly, of Chelmsford, and a breath test showed him to be more than twice the legal alcohol limit.
▪ Pritchard failed a roadside breath test which recorded 151 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
▪ Mr Warren was arrested in Mayfair, London, in May 1990 after a roadside breath test proved positive.
▪ In healthy volunteers, H pylori state was determined by the C urea breath test.
▪ Police kept her locked up in a cell until she gave a negative breath test and was deemed fit to leave.
▪ Police said the driver, who lives nearby with his grandmother, had failed a roadside breath test.
▪ One month after completing this treatment, the C-urea breath test was repeated to assess eradication of the infection.
■ VERB
breathe
▪ Houses white as virgins breathed their stony breaths and expanded their bellies until every polished name-plaque turned to the sun and shone.
▪ After a few seconds, he heard them breathing - one breath long and light, the other slightly shorter and huskier.
▪ The company breathed out with one breath, and crossed themselves.
catch
▪ It made her catch her breath.
▪ Then I began to catch my breath a little bit.
▪ She could hear Moxie catching her breath.
▪ I caught my breath, releasing the lock.
▪ Crooking a finger, she tapped experimentally, and caught her breath.
▪ It took 10 minutes to catch my breath.
▪ Polly caught her breath, instinctively jerking backwards away from him.
▪ Holliday said he rushed outdoors to check out downtown's fragile, historic buildings after he caught his breath.
draw
▪ He persevered silently while the music played, and drew a deep breath when it ended.
▪ Miss Sadie drew a deep breath.
▪ Bella drew her breath in sharply, almost beside herself with rage.
▪ Loucks drew a breath, still peering at me, wondering perhaps how good a student I might be.
▪ She drew a deep breath, then went out to keep her appointment.
▪ Caroline took the chance to draw some calming deep breaths, get her scattered emotions under control.
▪ But it was Mary whose bold appearance drew the breath and the admiration of all of them.
▪ Abruptly, she drew in her breath.
feel
▪ Holding her tightly, he could feel her breath coming quicker from her fear.
▪ Ezra could feel the breath of the girl behind him.
▪ I felt their breaths at the window.-And the rivers too come down from the hills.
▪ I felt her breath and almost closed my hand, it tickled so.
▪ Cardiff could feel hot breath on his leg, and knew that the Peters thing wanted to bite him.
▪ Sometimes, at the intersections, she comes so close that I can feel her breath on the back of my neck.
fight
▪ I will fight to my last breath.
▪ I wad tired of fighting for breath.
▪ The illness causes the sufferer to fight for every breath when they're having an attack.
▪ His face was set in a painful rictus, his chest heaving as he fought for breath.
▪ Half way up she paused, fighting for breath, suddenly struck by the enormity of what she was doing.
▪ Agnes leaned against the castle wall, which was streaming with water, and fought for breath.
▪ None of the usual muck one finds in the lungs when a man's fighting for his breath.
▪ Theda held her while she fought for breath, taking in great gasps of air.
gasp
▪ Sobbing, gasping for breath, she began to crawl across the floor.
▪ They gasped for breath, struggled against debilitating weakness, and when the blood vessels around their brains ruptured, they died.
▪ Yet even as the boy fell back, gasping for breath, that strange transformation overcame him again.
▪ I will be gasping for breath 24 hours a day.
▪ Katze dashed on to the bridge of the Raubvogel, gasping for breath.
▪ We gasped for breath and fought off the pain, desperate not to lose.
▪ The knowledge left her shaken, gasping for breath.
▪ I pulled up at the bottom of the course, leaned on my poles and gasped for breath.
hear
▪ She could hear Moxie catching her breath.
▪ Next to her right ear she could hear his breath, a shallow snuffle.
▪ Presently, he heard the breath whistle in her throat, a gasp, a tiny groan.
▪ He could hear her sharply indrawn breath, the effort it took not to comment.
▪ When I could hear his panting breath as well as the heavy feet I knew I'd let him get too close.
▪ She heard their hissing breaths, and the hard, sharp noise of their hooves on the polished floorboards.
▪ There was a note of urgency in his tone and she could hear his breath.
hold
▪ She crouched down, holding her breath, and peered in the direction of the sound.
▪ I can hold my breath longer than any of my upgrades have lasted.
▪ I stopped to listen, holding my breath.
▪ His mouth gaped as he held his breath.
▪ As the others crossed their fingers and held their breath, he gently eased away the back plate.
▪ We held our breaths, covering our nostrils and mouths with our hands.
▪ She held her breath as their lips met, but this one was gentle and affectionate, like a brother and sister.
let
▪ Suddenly he noticed how pale I was, and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back.
▪ He let out his breath, and sat down on the stool by the telephone.
▪ She finished taping him up and let him catch his breath while she reloaded the gun.
▪ They could let their breaths out now.
▪ It was like letting your breath out slowly, it took him far away from himself.
▪ Mitchell let out his breath and stood up, worried about what would happen next.
▪ He let out a long-held breath.
▪ Rather let the breath of new life be breathed by you through the forms already existing.
mutter
▪ Greatly relieved, he muttered under his breath and crossed himself several times.
▪ He muttered something beneath his breath about the blessings of the blind.
▪ She was darting back and forth across the clutter on the floor, tweaking cords and muttering beneath her breath.
▪ Sheridan muttered under his breath several times, making the people he was sitting with uncomfortable.
▪ He was ill-washed and stubble-chinned and he muttered beneath his breath.
▪ But the Tarvarian only muttered something under his breath, and spat left and right.
pause
▪ She paused for breath and found her hand on the grey standing stone.
▪ He stops, pausing for breath.
▪ At the top of the cliff we paused to catch our breath and look around.
▪ They would pause for breath, swear, and then come together again, their fists up, moving in.
▪ We clung together, breathless, until we had to pause for breath.
▪ Then, without pausing for breath or breaking her stride, she pushed open the door of his private office.
save
▪ You can save your breath, Fiver.
▪ Your cheeks bulge with your last saved breath.
▪ She might as well have saved her breath.
▪ He might as well have saved his breath - a sea of green benches confronted the Ulster members.
stop
▪ Dorcas hurried back and climbed, with a lot of stopping for breath, up to the plank.
▪ Mrs Stillman stopped to catch her breath.
▪ When he was climbing the far side of the valley, he stopped for breath, and something made him turn round.
▪ He stops, pausing for breath.
▪ He could see Georgiades stop to catch his breath.
▪ What was it that could stop my breath, my heart, and be the last part of me to die?
▪ They hurt brutally, stopping every breath from being drawn.
▪ The watches were stopped and everyone held breath as the timekeepers turned for consultation with the track referee.
suck
▪ I sucked on breath mints, rubbed deodorant under my arms and on my feet.
▪ Chesarynth sucked in another breath of the sweet, tangy air and melted into the crowd, shuffling inside with the rest.
▪ As he sucked in his breath, the hand covering her mouth fell.
▪ Bernice sucked in a deep breath, searching for a tell-tale smell - and there it was!
▪ The waiting crowd of marchers groaned and sucked in their breath in sympathetic pain at every blow.
▪ He sucked in a deep breath.
take
▪ Once escaped, she took a few deep breaths.
▪ Then I took my deep breath and went down.
▪ Maidstone paused and took a deep breath.
▪ How, one marveled, can any trumpeter deliver so much music and take so few breaths?
▪ Some of it was charmingly primitive, some of it so exotically painted it took your breath away.
▪ The men blinked as the door slammed; then a few cleared their throats guiltily and dared take a breath.
▪ She takes a deep breath, but doesn't use it.
▪ I went up to the bed, took a deep breath, and turned the covering back.
turn
▪ She went low again, behind Siang, taking a short breath before turning and kicking upward.
▪ I went up to the bed, took a deep breath, and turned the covering back.
▪ Then, almost in the same breath, he turned on his heel and strode out of the room without another word.
▪ Cursing Paul under her breath Erika turned.
wait
▪ From July onwards the town of Whaddon had waited with bated breath.
▪ Neither Bradford nor Birmingham regrets entering the tourist trade - the industry waits with bated breath to see how Swindon fares.
▪ I waited to get my breath before cutting across the road.
▪ I was waiting with bated breath for him to say something, anything, that wasn't a cliche.
▪ He didn't even wait to catch his breath.
▪ The valley seemed to be waiting, holding its breath in anticipation of some terrible event.
▪ It could be felt that some one within the house was waiting with held breath and beating heart.
▪ So now I wait with bated breath.
waste
▪ You know it and so do I. So don't waste your breath!
▪ Was there any point in even wasting her breath trying to convince him?
▪ Besides, something told her she'd be wasting her breath.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be short of breath
▪ He sleeps badly and is short of breath on exertion.
breathe your last (breath)
▪ Five hours more and she'd breathe her last and never know them.
▪ In the blue light of the morning he breathed his last.
▪ Large-scale, publicly-owned enterprises will breathe their last gasp and wither away well before the state which spawned them.
▪ Millions who were dangerously ill or breathing their last.
▪ The moment Carey was confident that Elizabeth had breathed her last he was in the saddle, racing for the Border.
▪ When it looked as though he was breathing his last, Beria's face shone with delight.
catch your breath
▪ And then history paused, just to catch its breath.
▪ Both waders immediately filled and I caught my breath as freezing April waters began to stimulate sensitive nether regions.
▪ Busacher slumped into the passenger seat and sat catching his breath.
▪ I said, falling on to a chair, trying to catch my breath.
▪ She caught her breath in fear, holding it until the answer came.
▪ She could hear Moxie catching her breath.
▪ The slow movement of this performance is particularly fine, with pianissimos that have you catching your breath.
▪ Tokyo stocks fell Monday as investors caught their breath following a strong advance over the two previous sessions.
draw breath
▪ Given unexpected control of his lungs, he spluttered and drew breaths until his body took over.
▪ He drew breath hard, and stepped out from his shallow niche and stood in the centre of the walk.
▪ In a minute, she would dare draw breath again.
▪ It must be impossible to stand up against it, he wrote, impossible to draw breath before it.
▪ Lady Thatcher never drew breath, while John Major was a good listener.
▪ She drew breath for the first time in three and a quarter hours.
▪ She flipped through the catalogue and drew breath time and again.
▪ She fought the futile urge to draw breath.
hold your breath
▪ It stinks so bad you have to hold your breath until you come out.
▪ Patrice held her breath, waiting for Lettie's reply.
▪ Rachel held her breath as she waited for his answer.
▪ The art world will be holding its breath to see how much these paintings sell for at auction.
▪ An anxious nation holds its breath.
▪ Benjy rang the doorbell, then held his breath, waiting.
▪ He discovered that he was holding his breath, and gulped for air.
▪ It gave her the feeling that the whole world was holding its breath.
▪ She held her breath on another quick dart of guilt.
▪ We held our breaths, covering our nostrils and mouths with our hands.
indrawn breath
▪ From somewhere in the darkness, Sophie made little, stricken noises, all on an indrawn breath.
▪ He could hear her sharply indrawn breath, the effort it took not to comment.
▪ She couldn't prevent her tiny indrawn breath.
▪ She heard the indrawn breath hiss sharply through his teeth, and felt the wave of emotion that washed over him.
▪ She started, her indrawn breath a soft hiss.
▪ The beautiful brocade coat stretched taut across the back, spreading to an intimidating width with his angry, indrawn breath.
▪ There was a brief silence like an indrawn breath.
▪ There were indrawn breaths at such plain speaking, but no actual rebuttals.
intake of breath
▪ All of a sudden, she realised there had been a collective intake of breath and that everyone around her was staring at the monitors.
▪ Crystal iced spires in twinkling reflection, Sharp intake of breath at such perfection.
▪ I force her skinny little arms into the position I need and ignore the sharp intake of breath.
▪ There was a sharp intake of breath behind him, and there she stood in the doorway looking at him.
▪ There was a sharp intake of breath.
▪ Truculently she pushed her hands through the glossy waves and then froze, suddenly aware of Lucenzo's prolonged intake of breath.
▪ When he heard the deep intake of breath, Joe related.
▪ Where an intake of breath is not necessarily followed by an exhalation.
not hold your breath
▪ Wall Street is not holding its breath waiting for a new deal.
save your breath
▪ He might as well have saved his breath - a sea of green benches confronted the Ulster members.
▪ She might as well have saved her breath.
▪ You can save your breath, Fiver.
take your breath away
▪ The view from the overlook will take your breath away.
▪ And if they don't take your breath away the scenery certainly will.
▪ His arrogance almost took her breath away.
▪ She had taken his breath away when she appeared at the door.
▪ Some of it was charmingly primitive, some of it so exotically painted it took your breath away.
▪ The audacity of it takes my breath away, the nerve of the man.
▪ The volatility of the top performers can take your breath away.
▪ This time it was not Ana who took her breath away.
waste your breath
▪ Besides, something told her she'd be wasting her breath.
▪ I ain going waste my breath.
▪ I figure why waste my breath.
▪ Was there any point in even wasting her breath trying to convince him?
▪ You know it and so do I. So don't waste your breath!
with bated breath
▪ The soldiers' families waited with bated breath for news.
▪ From July onwards the town of Whaddon had waited with bated breath.
▪ I was waiting with bated breath for him to say something, anything, that wasn't a cliche.
▪ Neither Bradford nor Birmingham regrets entering the tourist trade - the industry waits with bated breath to see how Swindon fares.
▪ So now I wait with bated breath.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His teeth were rotten and he had bad breath.
▪ How long can you hold your breath underwater?
▪ I can smell alcohol on your breath.
▪ I could feel the horse's breath on the back of my neck.
▪ It was so cold they could see their breath.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A slight popping, as if she had been holding her breath.
▪ Her breath caught as a strange little frisson of excitement slid from her throat to her toes at the thought.
▪ Seconds later, the breath once again hissed into her chest, this time with painful intensity.
▪ She tensed; very softy he blew into her ear, until she quivered as his warm breath passed through her.
▪ She took a few deep breaths and told herself that she could handle him.
▪ The boy laughed at them for running and being out of breath for nothing.
▪ To get rid of garlic breath try strong coffee, cloves, honey, yogurt, or parsley.
▪ Two minutes and twenty seconds for Shirley, fourteen minutes for Marylin, and for Virginia, a few breaths.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breath

Breath \Breath\ (br[e^]th), n. [OE. breth, breeth, AS. br[=ae][eth] odor, scent, breath; cf. OHG. br[=a]dam steam, vapor, breath, G. brodem, and possibly E. Brawn, and Breed.]

  1. The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.

    Melted as breath into the wind.
    --Shak.

  2. The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.

  3. The power of respiration, and hence, life.
    --Hood.

    Thou takest away their breath, they die.
    --Ps. civ. 29.

  4. Time to breathe; respite; pause.

    Give me some breath, some little pause.
    --Shak.

  5. A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.

    He smiles and he frowns in a breath.
    --Dryden.

  6. Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.

    The earthquake voice of victory, To thee the breath of life.
    --Byron.

  7. A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.

    A breath can make them, as a breath has made.
    --Goldsmith.

  8. A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.

    Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea, when not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.
    --Addison.

  9. Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
    --Tennison.

    The breath of flowers.
    --Bacon.

  10. Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

    An after dinner's breath.
    --Shak.

    Out of breath, breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty.

    Under one's breath, in low tones.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
breath

Old English bræð "odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor" (Old English word for "air exhaled from the lungs" was æðm), from Proto-Germanic *bræthaz "smell, exhalation" (cognates: Old High German bradam, German Brodem "breath, steam"), from PIE root *gwhre- "to breathe, smell."

Wiktionary
breath

n. 1 (lb en uncountable) The act or process of breathe. 2 (lb en countable) A single act of breathing in or out. 3 (lb en uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs. 4 (lb en countable) A rest or pause. 5 A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense. 6 (lb en obsolete) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. 7 (lb en obsolete) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

WordNet
breath
  1. n. the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath"

  2. the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration; "his sour breath offended her"

  3. a short respite [syn: breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time]

  4. an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" [syn: hint, intimation]

  5. a slight movement of the air; "there wasn't a breath of air in the room"

Wikipedia
Breath (play)

Breath is a notably short stage work by Samuel Beckett. An altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan's revue Oh! Calcutta!, at the Eden Theatre in New York City on June 16, 1969. The UK premiere was at the Close Theatre Club in Glasgow in October 1969; this was the first performance of the text as written. The second performance, and the English premiere, was at a benefit held at the Oxford Playhouse on March 8, 1970. “The first accurate publication appeared in Gambit 4.16 (1969): 5–9, with a manuscript facsimile.”

Breath (band)

Breath was a Japanese rock duo. Its members were Kanatsuki Takuya and Kikuchi Kazuhito. They broke up in October 2005.

Breath (Breaking Benjamin song)

"Breath" is the second single and the third track from post-grunge/ alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin's third album, Phobia. It was the band's fourth charted song on the U.S. Hot 100 overall, and the second from Phobia. Although "Breath" failed to capture the pop success of The Diary of Jane at No. 50 where "Breath" hit No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was more successful on the rock charts where it hit No. 1 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it Breaking Benjamin's first number-one hit staying there for seven weeks where "The Diary of Jane" hit No. 2 and it also hit No. 3 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart tying with So Cold as their highest-charting single on the chart where "The Diary of Jane" hit No. 4.

A contest was held in which fans create a music video for "Breath", called the Breath Fan Video Contest, and the band and label selected 4 videos as finalists. The winning video was officially released March 30, 2008 on YouTube. The video can also be seen at the band's official site. The single was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA in 2015.

Breath (Pearl Jam song)

"Breath" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, "Breath" first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film, Singles. The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). An early version of the song, entitled "Breath and a Scream", was included as part of the reissue of the band's debut album, Ten, in 2009.

Breath (novel)

Breath is the twentieth book and the eighth novel by Australian novelist Tim Winton. His first novel in seven years, it was published in 2008, in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, the Netherlands and Germany.

Breath (2007 film)

Breath ( 숨, Soom) is the fourteenth feature film by South Korean director Kim Ki-duk.

Breath (disambiguation)

A breath is the act of inhaling and exhaling.

Breath might also refer to:

  • Breath (play), a play by Samuel Beckett
  • Breath (2007 film), a 2007 film
  • Breath (2009 film), a 2009 film
  • Breath (novel), by Tim Winton
  • "Breath" (Breaking Benjamin song), a song from the album Phobia
  • "Breath" (Pearl Jam song), a song from the soundtrack album, Singles
  • Breath (band), a Japanese popular music duo
  • "Breath", a song by the Swollen Members featuring Nelly Furtado from the album Monsters in the Closet
  • Breathe, a song by Ministry from the album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
  • The album SM the Ballad Vol. 2 – Breath, as well as its title song "Breath".
Breath (2009 film)

Breath (, literally Breath: Long Live the Homeland) is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel and is, according to Hürriyet Daily News reviewer Emine Yıldırım, ''the first Turkish film that tackles, through an authentic perspective and convincing realness, the contemporary situation of the Turkish army and its long battle with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ''.

The film, according to Today's Zaman, sparked a growing discussion on whether it includes militaristic and nationalist elements or whether it is merely aiming to show the deadly and difficult conditions soldiers face in the vast mountainous terrain of southeastern Anatolia, fighting against outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants. Critics such as columnists Emre Aköz and Nedim Hazar pointed out that writer Hakan Evrensel, upon whose works the film was based, had worked at the public relations department of the National Security Council (MGK) when the terrorist activities were at their peak and claimed the film fails to be impartial and objective in indicating the genuine motives of the terrorists fighting in the mountains.

The film went on general release across Turkey on and won two awards at the 3rd Yeşilçam Awards as well as being one of the highest grossing films of 2009, prompting its re-release on .

Usage examples of "breath".

Their breaths mingled there between them, their lips mere inches apart, and Abigail could not tear her eyes away from his mesmerizing gaze.

It bore both the rich aroma of leaves being burnt in the fall and the faint perfume of wildflowers ablow in the spring, but it also held a third attar which seemed to be the breath of the Wind itself which none could ever set name to.

Swearing under his breath, Ace hurried to help the abused woman to her feet.

Swearing under his breath, Ace hurried to help the young wife to her feet.

As he studied her sleeping face, he ached inside to stop the car and take hold of her, to whisper her name against her mouth, to tell her how much he loved her, how much he wanted her, so much that already his body-He cursed under his breath, reminding himself that he was closer now to forty than to twenty and that the turbulent, uncontrollable reaction of his body to the merest thought of touching her was the reaction of an immature boy, not an adult man.

I took adeep breath, buttoned my coat, and crept into the forest in thedirection of the copter field.

Thus we are told that earth cannot have concrete existence without the help of some moist element--the moisture in water being the necessary adhesive--but admitting that we so find it, there is still a contradiction in pretending that any one element has a being of its own and in the same breath denying its self-coherence, making its subsistence depend upon others, and so, in reality, reducing the specific element to nothing.

She chose breath over sight and grabbed the aerator, quenching her agonized lungs even as the high-tech optics were torn off her head, turning everything black.

Even the succulent blue lilies--a variety of the agapanthus which is so familiar to us in English greenhouses--hung their long trumpet-shaped flowers and looked oppressed and miserable, beneath the burning breath of the hot wind which had been blowing for hours like the draught from a volcano.

Bees wandered among the heliotrope and verbena and pots of sapphire agapanthus, and even that shady place felt the hot breath of the summer noon.

His breath possessed her mouth, moving in and out in agonizing pulses.

Two riders ventured down the track, passing within ten yards of where Rolan and Alec stood holding their breath.

Holding his breath, Alec inched closer to the edge, trying to pick up the thread of the conversation.

Gasping for breath, Alec doubled over and they knocked him down into the half-frozen mud of the street.

At the far end of the bridge, Alec unclenched his aching fingers and drew a breath of relief.