Noun
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en-noun)
an inhale of breath
*{{quote-book|year=1910|author=Myrtle Reed|title=Master of the Vineyard|chapter=|edition= citation
|passage=But--oh," she added, with a sharp
indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!" }}
*{{quote-book|year=1906|author=Fred M. White|title=The Slave of Silence|chapter=|edition= citation
|passage=The words came with a fierce hissing
indrawing of the speaker's breath. }}
*{{quote-book|year=1897|author=Maud Wilder Goodwin|title=Flint|chapter=|edition= citation
|passage=But the only outward expression they gained was a throwing back of the head, and a deep
indrawing of the breath, followed by the quite uninspired exclamation, "Holloa, there's the ocean!" }}