1. See also: breath, hold with Bated breath Eagerly

2. Bated breath, with Bated breath, or baited breath refers to restraining one's breathing in anticipation or supplicance

3. With Bated breath, with breath drawn in or held because of anticipation or suspense: We watched with Bated breath as the runners approached the finish line.

4. Learn definitions, uses, and phrases with Bated breath.

5. Lessened the force of; with breath drawn in or held: She spoke with Bated breath.

6. Baited breath is a common misspelling of Bated breath.

7. Bated From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Bated bat‧ed / ˈbeɪtɪd / adjective → with Bated breath Examples from the Corpus Bated • I was waiting with Bated breath for him to say something, anything, that wasn't a cliche.

8. With Bated breath definition: If you wait for something with Bated breath , you wait anxiously to find out what will Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

9. Examples: He waited for the answer with Bated breath

10. A relative of Bate appears in the phrase "with Bated breath," which describes what you do when you anxiously wait.

11. With silent lips and bated breath all stood with eyes fixed upon Jesus.

12. 19 We wait with bate breath for the winner to be announced.

13. Bated Now usually only used in the phrase with Bated breath hushed and very ordinary or trivial ones

14. Sensing that there was something unusual behind it, he listened with bated breath.

15. She bated her breath and shivered with fright when the burglar broke in.

16. … So when you're waiting with Bated breath, … and you can think of that as aBated breath, … you're so eager, anxious, excited, or

17. So when you’re waiting with Bated breath (you can think of that as aBated breath), you’re so eager, anxious, excited, or frightened that you’re almost holding your breath

18. Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key, With Bated breath and whisp'ring humbleness,

19. He bated his breath when talking about this affair.

20. Bated Sentence Examples The words forced themselves out of her mouth and she gazed up at him with Bated breath

21. 'Bated breath' makes perfect sense once you know that

22. With Bated breath and beating heart he moved toward the Rhetor (by which name the …

23. The Chairman's remarks were so Astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath

24. Bated breath is contained in 1 match in Merriam-Webster Dictionary

25. To the tall man with the flat face the assembly listened with eager looks, Bated breath, and open mouths

26. Aside from its meaning within the idiom "with Bated breath," bate as a verb can mean 1) to moderate or restrain, or 2) to lessen or diminish, among other definitions

27. Bate d is rarely used on its own as an adjective or verb anymore, but it lingers in the English language in the phrase Bated breath

28. ‘Montreal waits with Bated breath until it is announced that the city's official bird is the… American Golden Finch!’ ‘The young ones were waiting with Bated breath to have a rendezvous with Kalam, for wherever he tours, a session with kids is very much part of his itinerary.’

29. Breath synonyms, Breath pronunciation, Breath translation, English dictionary definition of Breath

30. He bated his breath when talking about this affair; capable of bating his enthusiasm.

31. Find 36 ways to say WITH Bated BREATH, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.

32. It may also refer to: In literature "With Bated breath", a quote from the earliest known use of the phrase, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (circa 1597); With Bated Breath, a drama by Bryden MacDonald that received the Lambda Literary Award for Drama in 2010

33. I would be waiting every day bated breath wondering when the ax was going to fall.

34. Context examples “And the wood and stone, holy father?” asked Alleyne, with Bated breath, as he stared awe-struck at his precious relics

35. See: (like) a Breath of fresh air a Breath of fresh air a waste of Breath all in one Breath be holding (one's) Breath be holding your Breath be wasting (one's) Breath

36. Lured, enticed: She baited him with a seductive dance.; placed bait on a hook Not to be confused with: Bated – lessened the force of; with breath drawn in

37. Hurry, I grow weaker with every breath.

38. With his last breath he cursed his captors.

39. He can beat most men with his breath.

40. She coughed dryly,(Sentencedict) wheezing with each breath.

41. Breastrope Breastropes: breasts breaststroke breaststroked breaststroker breaststrokers breaststrokes (current term) breaststroking breastsummer breastsummers breastwheel: breastwheels breastwork breastworks breasty breath breath-holding breath-holding test breath analysis test breath of fresh air breath of heaven

42. Breath Sounds - Crackles You are now listening to a typical example of breath sounds with scattered wet Crackles

43. But a deceitful one lies with every breath.

44. Your cheeks bulge with your last saved breath.

45. Taking a deep breath she sighed with contentment.

46. He caught up with Gary, puffing for breath .

47. She drew in her breath with a hiss.

48. THE NORSEMEN IN THE WEST R.M. BALLANTYNE His followers—in a compact body, in deep silence and with Bated breath—followed his steps and his example

49. The expression with Bated breath is recorded as appearing for the first time in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice towards the end of the 16th century

50. With final breath, Oenomaus struck chains that bound me.

51. He put down my box with the breath soughing.

52. June with sunshine and the balmy breath of roses.

53. When Im standing taking every breath, With you ooh.

54. Breath deflectors

55. With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath. "

56. 10 You blew with your breath, the sea covered them;+

57. As you exhale, release all that negativity with your breath.

58. Breath definition is - air filled with a fragrance or odor

59. Chi (or qi) is synonymous with breath in the Chinese Language

60. The breath, mingled with the indifferent ballad, Classic grace , Electroacoustic wild.

61. Save your breath.

62. Take a breath.

63. With a single breath, they can comfortably dive to 30 feet

64. In this way the torso oscillates almost imperceptibly with the breath.

65. 7 Don't try to reason with Paul - you're wasting your breath.

66. Traits Hold Breath: The Crocodile can hold its breath for 15 minutes

67. Take a breath now.

68. Take a deep breath.

69. Wheezing is a characteristic symptom of Asthma, along with shortness of breath

70. With his scorching breath* he will strike it in its* seven torrents,

71. I'm out of breath.

72. You're wasting your breath.

73. It made him catch his breath , it lit his face with exultation.

74. Save your breath, Ellen.

75. 25 Plants breath in air and breath out moisture through tiny pores called stomata.

76. This, combined with intensive training, gave them unrivalled lung-power and breath capacity.

77. He looked him in the eye, and he said, with his dying breath,

78. He arrived out of breath with his shirt undone and his tie askew.

79. The cough, wheeze and shortness of breath are things that go with smoking, not with age.

80. Myzeray Caning Breath Control and