breathed out
Expelled lung contents
Breathed out is the past tense of breathe out, meaning to exhale—to expel air from the lungs.
It can describe literal breathing: She breathed out slowly to calm herself.
Figuratively, to breathe out something is to utter it softly or release it into the air: He breathed out a sigh of relief.
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- sighAudible emotional breath
- heavy sighForceful exhale expressing weariness
- sigh of reliefExhale expressing released tension
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