Flattening his nose against the pane, He envies me my brilliant lot, Breathes on his aching fists in vain, And dooms me to a place more hot.
Calmly she waits, and breathes her gathered flower Till one shall cull for her imperial power.
Far and slight, Breathesaround On the night High and higher, Nigh and nigher, Like a fire, Roaring, bright.
The frog no longerbreathes by gills, but by lungs, and the gills are lost, the gill slits closed, and the branchial arches consequently much reduced.
We find, also, that the rabbit breathes air into its lungs, which is returned to the atmosphere with a lessened amount of oxygen, and the addition of a perceptible amount of carbon dioxide.
No; there scarcely breathes the human being who could be so insensible to the charms of scenery like that of Le Morvan as to do so without a pang.
A Nemesis concealed In the shades of wold and field, Breathes of vengeance to the foemen as they run; They are rushing in despair, But there's carnage everywhere, And they know not what to welcome or to shun.
See where the blood-stained flag of tyranny Pollutes the air that breathesaround your homes.
Of triumph, breathes the stifled moan For many brave, whose dear lives won The victory of Manassas.
At length the countryside breathes again and the Moorish farmers unbar their now safe huts.
In the midst of the island rise the charred cliffs of Aetna, eloquent monument of Jove’s victory over the Giants, the tomb of Enceladus, whose bound and bruised body breathes forth endless sulphur clouds from its burning wounds.
The guilty city still is slumbering, While he is risen from the broken tomb; As one his vines and fruit trees numbering, He breathes the incense of their opening bloom.
All That breathes to her is passion, love itself All passionate.
Sweet are the lips of all that sing, When Nature's music breathes unsought, But never yet could voice or string So truly shape our tenderest thought, As when by life's decaying fire Our fingers sweep the stringless lyre!
The Irish harp no longer thrills, Or breathes a fainter tone; The clarion blast from Scotland's hills Alas!
In yonder green meadow, to memory dear, He slaps a mosquito and brushes a tear; The dewdrops hang round him on blossoms and shoots, He breathes but one sigh for his youth and his boots.
Every prayer she breathes is answered to a greater or less extent in the hearts and lives of those she loves.
She nurtures it on her bosom; she rocks it in her cradle; she breathes into it the breath of its mental life.
He then breathes out deeply, in order to spread the breath of the animal over a wide area and paralyse all the game in the neighbourhood.
Tonacatecutli breathes and divides the waters of the heavens and earth.
In Greek myth we have the gentle or intermittent wind in Pan, who breathes melody through his reed pipes.
The patient soon experiences a kind of lassitude and irresistible desire to sleep; his legs scarcely support him; he breathes with difficulty and his respiration becomes of the diaphragmatic type.
Let us take a stroll by the riverside," said Beverly; "the air breathesfreshly after my night's vigil.
But now, in the still calmness of the night, when all around me and above me breathes of the loveliness and holiness of peace, I fear.
A man shall spend his days between a foul alley where he breathes sulphuretted hydrogen, a close workshop where he breathes carbonic acid, and a close and foul bedroom where he breathes both.
These romantic tales of heroic battles, thrilling incidents, and love adventures, are told in fresh, vigorous verse, which breathes the free air of wild nature and moves with the prance of a war horse.
I tell thee, 'tis not half so fair as thou, Or any man that breathes on earth.
Each bodies his own character and breathes his own expression.
Spirit breathes upon the earth, and beauty thrills into bloom.
And you know not how sweet is the tone Of a song from a lip we have press'd, When it breathes it "by moonlight alone," To the ear of the one it loves best.
Stahr's book breathes all the bitterness of their rage at the success of absolutism in snatching from them every slightest vestige of hope.
The same excellent feeling breathes throughout Salmonia, one of the most delightful labours of leisure we have ever seen.
The Spirit of the Public Journals breathes not a few of the sweetest and most recent poetical compositions from the pens of celebrated authors, some of whose names are passports to high excellence.
It makes no allusion to the disputed dogmas of the second century, and like the first of Peter, breathes a spirit of Christianity which approached near the time of Christ.
The epistle breathes a spirit which is unnatural and repugnant to every feeling of humanity.
She breathes forth a calm serenity and tender sweetness, as if there could be no place in her heart for jealousy and revenge.
After Belmont has sung his cavatina, which breathes the noblest love and constancy, Osmin comes out of the house to gather figs; he sings a song for his pastime; it is a love song, but one suggested by painful jealousy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "breathes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
