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Definition of In the same breath
1. Adverb. Simultaneously. "She praised and criticized him in the same breath"
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Literary usage of In the same breath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... entreating, and menacing his men, in the same breath, and fighting in the most
desperate manner, as if he thought every thing depended on the fate of ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"... for it has before been observed (z), it is to be presumed, that the testator,
speaking of the whole in the same breath, has but one design, ..."
3. Historical memoirs of my own time by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1904)
"... now giving a loose to his indignation or severity; and then, almost in the
same breath, calling to his assistance ridicule, wit, and mockery. ..."
4. Observations Illustrative of the Defects of the English System of Railway by James Morrison (1846)
"The monopoly of the producers is on the eve of being destroyed ; and do not let
us in the same session, and almost in the same breath, confirm a still more ..."
5. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1890)
"to announce in the same breath that "Cold" is Queen! Hence I prefer to let the
whole matter drop right here ! ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... entreating, and menacing his men, in the same breath, and fighting in the most
desperate manner, as if he thought every thing depended on the fate of ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"... for it has before been observed (z), it is to be presumed, that the testator,
speaking of the whole in the same breath, has but one design, ..."
8. Historical memoirs of my own time by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1904)
"... now giving a loose to his indignation or severity; and then, almost in the
same breath, calling to his assistance ridicule, wit, and mockery. ..."
9. Observations Illustrative of the Defects of the English System of Railway by James Morrison (1846)
"The monopoly of the producers is on the eve of being destroyed ; and do not let
us in the same session, and almost in the same breath, confirm a still more ..."
10. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1890)
"to announce in the same breath that "Cold" is Queen! Hence I prefer to let the
whole matter drop right here ! ..."
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