suspiration

• That impasse, the way things are even by his own concession, renders his plea for greater engagement hollow and, finally, self satisfyingly shrill, however nicely worded and clever it seems-that seems, perhaps, and rather, ". windy suspiration of forced breath".
• Mr. Pollock heard the suspiration, looked up, and laughed. —  The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi
• When first you came from Florence wud the world Had with an universal dire eclipse Bin overwhelm'd, no more to gaze on day, That you to Spaine had never found the way, Here to be lost for ever Queen We from one climate Drew suspiration: as thou then hast eyes To read my wrongs, so be thy head an Engine To raise up ponderous mischiefe to the height, And then thy hands the Executioners. —  A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1
• He looked as though he should apologise for such words in such a place She rose to her feet with a great suspiration, with a light in her eyes and a trembling smile But no, no, no, you inspire one. —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
• Finally comes a last suspiration, usually in the advertising pages. —  Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism

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