It was a mere breath, stopped by his mouth moving to cover hers again.

A mere breath of youth, a faith that helped him to feel young again.

She looked up at him, horrified, her voice a mere breath.

Third, what I wish in return is very little; a nothing; a mere breath.

The word came out a mere breath of sound.

I well remember my conviction that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.

"I thought I heard something," the voice was a mere breath.

She laughed at herself then, a mere breath of merriment.

"I wanted, too," he said, his words a mere breath over her skin.

But a mere breath from her lips, he stopped.