exhales

verb

present tense third-person singular of exhale
1
as in expels
to let or force out of the lungs before answering, the suspect exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke

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2
as in radiates
to throw or give off the lilacs were exhaling a sweet fragrance that virtually filled the room

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Recent Examples of exhales Back in the Bronx, Claude Helton exhales. — Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025 When summer fades and the crowds head home, the island finally exhales. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025 Your home is supposed to be the place where your nervous system finally exhales. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026 Backed by a twinkling, twanging guitar, Hartzman gently exhales a tune that describes, if not praises, the tougher parts of love. — Karly Hartzman, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025 Even in summer, evenings turn crisp, drawing locals and visitors alike outdoors to sip tea as the sun slips behind the escarpment and the mountain exhales its cool. — Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhales
  1. expels
  2. radiates
  3. emits
  4. casts
  5. releases
  6. emanates
Verb
  • Sneezing forcefully expels mucus and airborne debris; reflexive blinking may help shield the eyes from contaminants moving upward across the face.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • This is the palette of the machine-made, that which is inhuman, and Duchamp would drive the point home in Coffee Mill (1911), a tiny painting of a grinder that expels a cascade of brown beans.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of expels
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  • Her high ponytail worn to Wimbledon, however, feels like a playful departure—one that radiates serious Sporty Spice vibes without sacrificing an ounce of royal polish.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 2 July 2026
  • This way, the whole surface area of each droplet radiates away heat.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026
Definition of radiates
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  • Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Between May through August every year, the US emits an average of around 150 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from AC every month, roughly equivalent to the annual emissions of the Netherlands.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026
Definition of emits
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  • Based on Harper Lee's seminal novel, the movie casts Gregory Peck as lawyer Atticus Finch, who in Depression-era Alabama defends a Black man wrongly accused of raping a young white woman.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The mayor presides over City Council meetings, represents the city publicly and casts tie-breaking votes.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
Definition of casts
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  • Small intestine The stomach gradually releases partially digested food into the small intestine.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of releases
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  • Daoist practices, then, are based on the premise that everything that makes up the world emanates from the Dao.
    — Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • The jealousy that emanates from every pore of this guy is uncontrollable.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2026
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