ਸ਼ਬਦ "ਸਾਹ" ਦਾ ਸ਼ਬਦਕੋਸ਼ ਅਰਥ ਉਹ ਹਵਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਸਾਹ ਲੈਣ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਫੇਫੜਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਾਖਲ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਛੱਡਦੀ ਹੈ, ਜਾਂ ਸਾਹ ਲੈਣ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਹ ਬਾਹਰ ਕੱਢਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ। ਇਹ ਹਵਾ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਹ ਲੈਣ ਅਤੇ ਬਾਹਰ ਕੱਢਣ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਚੱਕਰ, ਜਾਂ ਸਹੀ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਹ ਲੈਣ ਦੀ ਯੋਗਤਾ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਹਵਾਲਾ ਦੇ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਲਾਖਣਿਕ ਅਰਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ, "ਸਾਹ" ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਤੱਤ ਜਾਂ ਆਤਮਾ ਨੂੰ ਦਰਸਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ "ਜੀਵਨ ਦਾ ਸਾਹ"।
1. For a second, I worried about his next move, but then he stepped backward and took a deep breath.
2. I drew in a deep breath, and went back over to the bed, the part of the room furthest from the door.
3. Drawing in a deep breath, I hurried past the guards and the wyvern and the busted, broken-down houses.
4. A fist caught me in the stomach and knocked the breath out of me.
5. I drew in a steadying breath and walked out into the alleyway.
6. Arantay growled under his breath, making Brooke scrabble further away from him.
7. She sagged against it, her breath coming in short sharp gasps.
8. One boy was already there, grumbling under his breath.
9. During the daily run he was always too out of breath to make conversation, and at the end of the day he was too tired to do anything other than fall asleep.
10. Evan threw out his hands as he landed on the floor, his breath coming sharp as he pushed himself back to his feet.