So Richard explained it, and much more that elicited long breaths of interest.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
He was able to clutch the hatchet in his left hand as the power gave out in his right, and at that moment he arose to the surface and drew a succession of deep breaths before another of those terrible arms seized him by the leg and drew him again under water.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
The wind crept with slow, uncertain breaths about the shanty.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard