Expiring
[iks'paiərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr & vb. n.) of Expire
(a.) Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
(a.) Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.
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Examples
- The air was filled with groans and clashing of arms--the floors were slippery with the blood of despairing and expiring wretches. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I found my father expiring upon the ground, with his head terribly injured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- You may have met with her “Ode to an Expiring Frog,” sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Permit me to introduce my friends--Mr. Tupman--Mr. Winkle--Mr. Snodgrass--to the authoress of “The Expiring Frog. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It commenced-- '“Can I view thee panting, lying On thy stomach, without sighing; Can I unmoved see thee dying On a log Expiring frog! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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