Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; having good breath; long-winded.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.

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Examples

  • In the suites and sonatas, Hantaï thought and played big; this wasn't an intricate, polished clockwork, but near-Romantic landscapes, profusely detailed with crisp ornamentation, the long-breathed rhythmic waywardness outlining grand conceptions.

    Authentication keys Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • In the suites and sonatas, Hantaï thought and played big; this wasn't an intricate, polished clockwork, but near-Romantic landscapes, profusely detailed with crisp ornamentation, the long-breathed rhythmic waywardness outlining grand conceptions.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • The first movement signalled its epic proportions from the outset, with its eight horns and long-breathed trombone solo reinforcing the sense of momentousness.

    BBC Now/Otaka – review Rian Evans 2010

  • Ginsberg derived his visionary bardic stance and long-breathed cadences from the Bible, Blake, Christopher Smart and Whitman-with special effects courtesy of speed, LSD and laughing gas.

    'Holy The Bop Apocalypse!' 2008

  • Onward they came at a long swinging trot, arguing unwearied speed in their long-breathed calling.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • But strong, long-breathed, and accustomed to such exercise, Halbert, even though encumbered with his sword, dived and rose like a seafowl, and swam across the lake in the northern direction.

    The Monastery 2008

  • I figure that Parsifal is a pretty long-breathed experience in any event, so I may well not find it any interference, that Jimmy's tempi are on the slower side.

    Varviso's coming Patrick J. Smith 2008

  • But what of the long-breathed, enriching legatos that at least hint at the compassionate soul beneath the stern patriarch?

    Traviata Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • But what of the long-breathed, enriching legatos that at least hint at the compassionate soul beneath the stern patriarch?

    Archive 2006-01-01 Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • Thou hast deep sagacity — an unrelenting purpose — a steady, long-breathed malignity of nature, that surpasses mine.

    Kenilworth 2004

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