lungful

Examples

• All

• "Trust me," Sunny said, and took in another ravenous lungful of smoke.

  Fiction book (2001)

• We can't stop long," Steve advised her, drawing in deep lungfuls of air.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I took in a deep, raw lungful of hot, dry desert.

  Fiction book (1995)

• "East Eddie took in a deep lungful of smoke and let it out slowly through his nose.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Dragging in a lungful of air, she forced herself to open her eyes.

  Fiction book (2002)

• With a shriek, he drew in a lungful of air, and another, and another.

  Fiction book (1990)

• It also says that if you hold a lungful of air, you can survive in the total vacuum of space for about 30 seconds.

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

• Resting against the stone of the window ledge, she took in an aching lungful of air.

  Fiction book (2000)

• One hand on the yoke to keep level, I light the last cigarette in the pack, inhaling a lungful.

  Fiction book (1997)

• With a shriek, he drew in a lungful of air, and another, and another.

Synonyms

B

breath

vslungful

∞ 1.0

Air taken in or pushed out of the lungs in one movement

is the specific full volume in one act not any small exchange

D

deep breath

vslungful

205 2.2

To breathe in slowly and fully to help you relax

is the typical filled volume per single act not only intentional large pulls

I

inhalation

vslungful

• Specialized

24 4.1

Breathing air or gas into the lungs

is the measurable amount of air per act not the action itself

I

intake

vslungful

• Specialized

7 3.5

The act of breathing air into the lungs

is the single measurable volume rather than the action of drawing air

C

chestful

vslungful

6.6

A deep breath that fills the lungs with air

is the usual amount of air in one normal pull not always very large

How Much

lungful

2 3.1

deep breath

205 2.2

breath

∞ 1.0

gasp

312 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology