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BREATH, med. juris. The air expelled from the chest at each expiration.
2. Breathing, though a usual sign of life, is not conclusive that a child was wholly born alive, as breathing may take place before the whole delivery of the mother is complete. 5 Carr. & Payn, 329; S. C. 24 E. C. L. R. 344. Vide Birth; Life; Infanticide.

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These days such deathly still memorial silence in the theater may not be rare, but this silence is itself disquieting, unnatural; the audience collectively exhaled held breath when the minute was over and the performing could resume. Silent thoughts of Mr. C. (Kickoff) by Philp, Richard / Dance Magazine I suspect most editors have a moment of held breath at this point in a project -- when the early stages have been so thrilling, so promising, that you almost can't let yourself hope that the finished art will live up to that promise. Emily Arnold McCully by Levine, Arthur / The Horn Book Magazine Imagine a medical technology so advanced that with one held breath a doctor can view a three-dimensional holographic image of a patient's heart, brain, abdomen or other area of the body detecting any tumors or masses and diagnosing diseases and ailments once only diagnosable with surgery. Atallah Heart Center One of Four in U.S. to Offer Life Saving ... by Business Wire More results

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These days such deathly still memorial silence in the theater may not be rare, but this silence is itself disquieting, unnatural; the audience collectively exhaled held breath when the minute was over and the performing could resume.

Silent thoughts of Mr. C. (Kickoff) by Philp, Richard / Dance Magazine

I suspect most editors have a moment of held breath at this point in a project -- when the early stages have been so thrilling, so promising, that you almost can't let yourself hope that the finished art will live up to that promise.

Emily Arnold McCully by Levine, Arthur / The Horn Book Magazine

Imagine a medical technology so advanced that with one held breath a doctor can view a three-dimensional holographic image of a patient's heart, brain, abdomen or other area of the body detecting any tumors or masses and diagnosing diseases and ailments once only diagnosable with surgery.

Atallah Heart Center One of Four in U.S. to Offer Life Saving ... by Business Wire

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Breath (redirected from held breath)

Breath
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