exhale

Definition

To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.

Etymology

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).

Example Sentences

• "Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence."
• "Passengers on the earliest railway services would not even have enjoyed the luxury of a platform, instead having to step up onto the waiting open top wagons, where they would experience a journey that left many choking on the plumes of smoke exhaled by the leading locomotive."
• "The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia."

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