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breath

/bɹɛθ/ adjective C2
  1. voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds)
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With the breath of the Bogie in my hair;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 13 · C1
“Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, ‘Let us both go to law: _I_ will prosecute _you_.—Come, I’ll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I’ve nothing to do.’ Said the mouse to the cur, ‘Such a trial, dear sir, With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath.’ ‘I’ll be judge, I’ll be jury,’ Said cunning old Fury: ‘I’ll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.’”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 19 · B2
This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy’s bark sounded quite faint in the distance.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 30 · B2
Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, and said to Alice, “Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet?”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 70 · B2

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