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exhalation
in
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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He thought he would feel breath being drawn, but instead there was a single long exhalation.†
p. 124.5

exhalation = the act of breathing air out of the lungs
The dogs' exhalations plumed whitely over their heads as they came down the field.†
p. 158.7
Her exhalations sounded ever so slightly easier than they had that afternoon.†
p. 200.7 *
He stood on the porch, his ragged exhalation matching hers, until at last he remembered what he'd wanted to say.†
p. 228.1

exhalation = the act of breathing air out of the lungs
He couldn't separate it from the image of his father lying on the kennel floor, mouth agape, and that final exhalation Edgar had pressed from his body.†
p. 364.3
The windows had been propped open on sticks and a night breeze, hot as an animal exhalation, ruffled the gingham curtains.†
p. 469.6
When the pounding in his head was too much to bear, he allowed himself an exhalation so measured he thought he might suffocate.†
p. 500.8

Definitions:

(1) (exhalation)
the act of breathing air out of the lungs; or the air breathed out
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, exhalation may reference fumes or even lights in the sky such as a meteor.