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Long-breathed

Interesting fact
More than 100 years ago, the felt hat makers of England used mercury to stabilize wool. Most of them eventually became poisoned by the fumes, as demonstrated by the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Breathing mercury's fumes over a long period of time will cause erethism, a disorder characterized by nervousness, irritability, and strange personality changes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Long-breathed
    Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. long-breathed
    Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; having good breath; long-winded.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Long-breathed
    able to continue violent exercise of the lungs for a long time
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. lang; Ger. lang, Ice. langr.

Usage in the news

A bright and sunny day welcomed the end of election season in Western Washington, symbolically reminding us of the needed breath of fresh air after a long campaign. kitsapsun.com

Fido rolled over on his side and let out a long breath. mammothtimes.com

I remember reading something you wrote a long time ago about the proper way to breathe for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. paysonroundup.com

Up and Over the Palm Tree The city of Samarra, long stifled by sectarian and terrorist violence, is now breathing easier. nationalreview.com

As educators hold their breath over who will receive pink slips, we know that school funding has been in crisis far too long. cta.org

People are breathing a collective sigh of relief that a campaign that lasted nearly as long as the Crusades finally has come to a close. star-telegram.com

He was breathing easy long before this was officially over. krcg.com

Depp and Burton team up to breathe life into a long-forgotten soap opera in Dark Shadows. inlander.com

How many breaths of air will it take to fill a 6-foot-long bag. paducahsun.com

Long-ago asthma diagnosis didn't explain boy's difficulty breathing. ashingtonpost.com

Last summer at a wedding, I was outside, sweating and out of breath after a long set of great songs by an even better band. ilx.com

Take a deep, long, slow breath. centredaily.com

The sad announcement came at 11 o'clock last night that President Garfield had breathed his last at 10:35, thus putting an end to the long weeks of suffering he has endured. nytimes.com

Follow Christopher Collins as he chronicles his week-long trip to the breath-taking waters of Isla Mujeres, Mexico. floridasportsman.com

Long to eat, sleep and breathe the West Coast. thestar.com

Usage in scientific papers

The final configuration finds 6 of the 8 (initially) participating sites at the vortex with nearzero amplitudes, while only two sites (shown by solid and dashed line) remain excited in an asymmetric configuration with a long-lived breathing (weak) exchange of power between them, mediated principally by the central site.
Stabilizing the Discrete Vortex of Topological Charge S=2

Usage in literature

Harriet took a long breath, then dived swiftly. "The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea" by Janet Aldridge

Quest drew a long breath. "The Black Box" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Left to himself on the window sill, the Candy Rabbit took a long breath. "The Story of a Candy Rabbit" by Laura Lee Hope

And then she took a long breath and looked behind her up the long walk to see if any one was coming. "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

She drew a long breath and pressed the letter to her heart. "The Black Pearl" by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

Then he dropped on all fours, and breathed one great, big, long, deep breath. "The Way of the Wild" by F. St. Mars

She drew a long breath. "Contrary Mary" by Temple Bailey

I drew a long breath in amazement. "Told in a French Garden" by Mildred Aldrich

Godfrey drew a long breath of relief. "The Boy Trapper" by Harry Castlemon

Horace Shellington took a long breath as he entered his office one morning in the latter part of March. "From the Valley of the Missing" by Grace Miller White

Usage in poetry
O silent voice, that cheered so long
Our manhood's marching day,
Without thy breath of heavenly song,
How weary seems the way!
I would have fought a battle with strong Death,
And bloomed anew,
Finding sweet resurrection in her breath
The long day through;
But by her sighs I know her well--
They are like Sorrow's breath;
And by this longing, strangely still,
For something after death.
How long the violets 'neath the snow
Toiled ere they breathed the Spring!
How long the poet dreamed his song
Before his heart could sing!
All day long, and the night, unresting!
Ah! I believe thy every breath
Means that Life's Best comes ever breasting
Peril and pain and death!
Calmly to watch the failing breath,
Wishing each sigh might be the last;
Longing to see the shade of death
O'er those belovèd features cast.