Breaths

He took some deep breaths before he dived.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Take deep breaths.

He took ten deep breaths.

Tom took three deep breaths.

In the countryside, the breaths of the grass, the trees, and the rocks have the foul smell of humans. They call to me from all directions, and they cling to me. But in the city, even the passengers of a jam-packed train are as quiet as pebbles on the riverbed, and everyone is only thinking of themselves.

Tom took a few deep breaths.

Tom and Mary held their breaths.

Sami's dog wasn't taking full breaths.

For now I omit garlick belches, and the blast of the belly, stinking breaths: there are many, who are troubled with secret diseases, and every distemper has its infection.