As a vapor, however, elemental mercury rapidly enters the bloodstream once breathed in.

She breathed in and out once.

He breathed deeply once or twice, drank again, then wiped his mouth and held out the bottle in invitation to the older man.

She knew that all the characters in this song had once lived, once breathed, once loved.

The curse Once breathed on thee I would recall.

No doubt, Hamid thought, auscultating, now that he breathes once a minute.

He speculates that plastic is alive but breathes just once every million years, too slowly for us to see.

Then she breathed once, closed her eyes, and was gone.

Elite sprinters will breathe once or even no times during a fifty metre race.

She breathed once and looked at her thin wrists.