exhaling


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ex·hale

 (ĕks-hāl′, ĕk-sāl′)
v. ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales
v.intr.
1.
a. To breathe out.
b. To emit air or vapor.
2. To be given off or emitted.
v.tr.
1. To blow (something) forth or breathe (something) out.
2. To give off; emit: chimneys exhaling dense smoke.

[Middle English exalen, from Latin exhālāre : ex-, ex- + hālāre, to breathe.]
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I say this continual smoking must have been one cause, at least, of his peculiar disposition; for every one knows that this earthly air, whether ashore or afloat, is terribly infected with the nameless miseries of the numberless mortals who have died exhaling it; and as in time of the cholera, some people go about with a camphorated handkerchief to their mouths; so, likewise, against all mortal tribulations, Stubb's tobacco smoke might have operated as a sort of disinfecting agent.
One is sitting at a table, in a dry condition, wondering who is going to turn up and buy him a drink, or if his credit is good at some other saloon and if it's worth while to walk that far to find out, when suddenly the saloon doors swing wide, and enters a bevy of well-dressed men, themselves usually wide and exhaling an atmosphere of prosperity and fellowship.
Rachel undauntedly, head up, eyes blazing, hands clenched, passionate indignation exhaling from her like an atmosphere.
With each breath out (exhaling), the party is over and the balloons shrink.
One of the simplest breathing exercises to help get you inhaling and exhaling properly starts with you sitting in a chair with your feet flat on the floor.
New Delhi: A video of a wild elephant in India exhaling ashes has stumped experts worldwide as it is the first document of what appears to be a pachyderm"smoking."The video was shot in 2016 by Vinay Kumar, a scientist from the Indian branch of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), in Karnataka state's Nagarhole Forest, but released recently"after experts realized its biological significance."In the video the female elephant, standing near a carpet of charcoal from a burnt forest floor, seemingly ingests the charcoal.
Press the kettlebell upwards until your arms are extended overhead exhaling as you do so.
Practise exhaling with your tongue in this position.
After "vaping," or inhaling e-cigarette vapors, volunteers exhaled 2.2 to 3.2 parts per billion less nitric oxide than when exhaling normally.