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Six example sentences with exhale, each labelled with its topic.
Lifters are taught to exhale on the way up, since holding the breath spikes pressure behind the eyes.
Fitness
A flutist learns to exhale in a slow steady stream, because any tremor in the throat wobbles the note.
Music
Therapists ask anxious clients to exhale for twice as long as they breathe in, which slows the heartbeat.
Psychology
A candle flame under a jar dims as you exhale into it, because the breath carries far less oxygen than room air.
Science
The nurse asked him to exhale fully into the tube, and the meter recorded how much air his lungs could push out.
Medicine
She exhales slowly at the free throw line, bounces the ball twice, and only then lifts her eyes to the rim.
Basketball
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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