exhaled; exhaling
1
a
: to breathe out
she exhaled a sigh
b
: to give forth (gaseous matter) : emit
2
archaic
: to cause to be emitted in vapor
Examples of exhale in a Sentence
She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, trying to relax.
before answering, the suspect exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2025
Tsai compared the steam rising from a rice cooker to his dying mother exhaling her final breath.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 3 July 2025
Sharply dressed in a dapper black suit with a matching black button-down shirt, the fourth overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft sat down on a plush couch inside Lowe’s Tech Hub and could mentally exhale for just a split second.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2025
Those with higher depression scores tended to exhale more quickly.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for exhale
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“Exhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhale. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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exhale
verb
ex·hale
eks-ˈhāl 
exhaled; exhaling
1
: to breathe out
2
: to send forth (as gas or odor)
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