draw breath

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   to live; to be alive

   There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.

   I do not think she drew breath from the moment we left London.

In the movies · 4

• A nothing, a filthy mass of nothing!National Theatre Live: Frankenstein2011
• I do not think she drew breath from the moment we left London.Sense and Sensibility1995
• I've been around more than a few women who want men to ask before drawing a breath.Let Him Go2020
• There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
• Second, she was jolted out of her anoxic state causing her to draw her first breath in 2 minutes.The Age of Adaline2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

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• draw blood
• draw fire
• draw a line under
• draw the line
• draw the line
• draw the short straw
• draw straws
• the battle lines are drawn
• draw a bead on
• at daggers drawn
• draw yourself up to your full height