Normally, writers do not get occasions to describe breath unless the characters described are lovers coming close to one another. Authors may have to describe breaths while explaining special situations.
Here is a multiple choice vocabulary test based on adjective phrases which describe 'breath',
Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 171 to 180, selecting suitable phrases from the Choice Box, noting down your answers on a piece of paper.
Thereafter, if you feel a need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.
Your answers need not tally with the key, as choice of words is always a question of personal prerogative.
CHOICE BOX
ADJECTIVAL PHRASES DESCRIBING 'breath'
Bad breath
Bated breath
Baited breath (misspelt bated breath)
Big breath
Cold breath
Cool breath
Deep breath
Evasive breath
Fresh breath
Frozen breath
Foul breath
Foulest breath
Husky breath
Long breath
Long-lasting breath
Shared breath
Stale breath
Steaming breath
Sultry breath
Wheezing breath
171. She awaited the outcome of her first job interview with _____ breath.
172. But at front and rear, unawed and indomitable, toiled the two men
who were not yet dead. Their bodies were covered with fur and soft-tanned leather. Eyelashes and cheeks and lips were so coated with the crystals from their ______ breath that their faces were not discernible. This gave them the seeming of ghostly masques. [Jack London in his novel 'White Fang'].
173. Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but ____ breath, and foul breath is noisome. Therefore I will depart unkiss'd. [William Shakespeare in his play 'Much ado about nothing'].
174. "______ breath" is the essence of love. Fairly enough, there are no conspiracies.
175. ____________ breaths, only tooth-paste companies promise.
176. ________ breath sounds may be caused by obstruction of lower Airways.
177. ____________breath testing for blood alcohol is not 100% fool-proof.
178. Flute players can handle long phrases only if they can hold ____ breaths.
179. The Mountainer took a ___ breath before venturing on the next leg.
180. The condition of ___ breath is also called 'halitosis'.
