exhalations

The air sweet with exhalations from the hedge-rows and meadows, yes, and from the more distant hills too; fragrant and balmy.

The Old Helmet 1864

To-day's "exhalations" were chiefly those of moisture, and the only gold we saw was supplied by the light of the paraffin lamps which The

Argentina from a British Point of View Various

"Based on our findings, this is because medium-sized stars rich in carbon sometimes keep that carbon hidden until very near the end of their stellar lives, releasing it only with their final 'exhalations'," said Bobrowsky, who noted that previously scientists hadn't looked for carbon around stars that were so near the end of their active lives.

unknown title 2009

Some also advise simple deep-breathing exercises, with long exhalations, which can counteract cortisol and increase endorphins, the feel-good brain chemical.

Are Alpha Males Healthy? Melinda Beck 2011

Though we didn't need flashlights, there was a ghostly feel in the cramped, dimmer quarters where my exhalations created masses of wriggling bubbles on the ceilings.

See-Worthy Darrell Hartman 2012

I can see the exhalations of each word she utters wafting like clouds of pink smoke puffing out from her mouth.

365 tomorrows » 2009 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

There it is exposed to the sickness and disease, the effluvia and vile exhalations of overcrowded and rotten life, and next day it is carted about again to be sold.

COFFEE-HOUSES AND DOSS-HOUSES 2010

There was no untidy splashing and no sound save the constant soft, explosive exhalations from the whales – and our own entranced gasps at what we were witnessing.

Country diary: South Uist 2011

He listened still more tensely through long minutes in which he heard nothing, at the same time whispering to Jerry for information and commanding him to be soft-spoken; and Jerry, with whuffs and whiffs and all the short-hand breath-exhalations of speech he had been taught, told him that men approached, many men, more men than five.

CHAPTER XVIII 2010

About 95% of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is natural, coming from the exhalations of living things.

When Scientists Confuse Cause and Effect Matt Ridley 2011