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Definition of Lungful
1. as much as the lungs can hold [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lungful
Literary usage of Lungful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kim by Rudyard Kipling (1905)
"... a well-remembered bank, and where he should have dropped exhausted swung his
long draperies about i, drew a deep double lungful of the diamond air, ..."
2. Text-book of Histology by Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"But his adversary was there. He was met, as before, by a stupefying whirlwind of
wings and blows and terrific sounds. Gulping a fresh lungful of the air he ..."
3. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"I'd inhaled another lungful of water and kicked madly for a tiny hole in the
cave's ceiling, whence my buddies retrieved me shortly thereafter, ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Once out of the house, the little future man of the world took a deep lungful of
the free air. The thumb he presently slipped through his armhole, ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1902)
"... drew a deep double-lungful of the diamond air, and walked as only a hillman can.
Kim, plains-bred and plains- fed, sweated and panted astonished. ..."
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