| Most of the other scholars were old fossils that seemed so fragile that the slightest breath of wind would keel them over. |
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| Then, he whispered, barely like a breath of wind, the last word that he would ever say. |
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| Yes, for an afternoon or two, a breath of wind passed through the university. |
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| As soon as the first breath of wind rippled the ocean about them, the sail was unfurled and everyone aboard had a purpose again. |
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| Lights danced in the city below and there wasn't a breath of wind. |
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| Possible through structures constructed of kilogram-light cloth and lines, and brought into form by the slightest breath of wind. |
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| The heap of leaves disappears into the catcher bag before the next breath of wind comes along. |
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| Conditions this afternoon were superb: six-foot waves, not a breath of wind. |
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| Without it, the atmosphere would probably be immobile, without one breath of wind. |
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| The clear sky was a startling pink colour, and, as there was not a breath of wind, the glassy surface of the water shone with the same beautiful hue. |
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| There was not a breath of wind, but every twig and branch bristled with spiky hoarfrost. |
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| Every beam of slanting light, every breath of wind, every flitter of movement revealed something unseen. |
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| The night was still, no breath of wind, no movement, not even a night bird called. |
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| Although grey and drizzling, there was not a breath of wind and the forms in the ice were revealed: an enormous wall of blue twists and gashes, suspended vertically an unknown distance away across a lake. |
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| The day's search for the least breath of wind will still be difficult. |
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| But on the thirteenth day the breeze left us and the sea was as flat as glass, not the gentlest breath of wind ruffled the water which was just as if it were molten metal sending back the radiance of the sun. |
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| And then a breath of wind shivers the painted waters. |
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| One breath of wind and the kid would be flung to its doom. |
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