Exhaled
[eks'heɪld]
Examples
- I beat the prison dust off my feet as I sauntered to and fro, and I shook it out of my dress, and I exhaled its air from my lungs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She had something of an estranged mien; the solitude exhaled from the heath was concentrated in this face that had risen from it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- She did not again yield to any effervescence of glee; the infantine sparkle was exhaled for the night: she was soft, thoughtful, and docile. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Aaron