indrawing

Etymology

in- + drawing

noun

  1. An inhalation of breath; an inspiration.
    But--oh," she added, with a sharp indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!" 1910, Myrtle Reed, Master of the Vineyard
    The words came with a fierce hissing indrawing of the speaker's breath. 1906, Fred M. White, The Slave of Silence
    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!" 1897, Maud Wilder Goodwin, Flint
  2. The drawing inward of anything.

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