respiring

respiring

1. present participle of respire

respiring (usually uncountable, plural respirings)

1. An act of respiration.
   • 2005, Auburn University, Southern humanities review (volume 39, issue 3, page 140)

     I would walk through the rooms I rented and listen to the unhurried murmurs the town made, constant and rhythmic, as subtly troubled as the nighttime respirings of a light sleeper. There was never silence.

• reprising, springier