Sentence examples of "haleine" in French

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Son haleine empeste l'alcool. His breath reeks of booze.
Son haleine pue l'alcool. He has boozy breath.
Ta grammaire est meilleure que ton haleine ! Your grammar is better than your breath.
Son haleine sent le fromage de chèvre. His breath smells like goat cheese.
L'enlèvement sensationnel a maintenu la nation en haleine. The high-profile kidnapping has captivated the nation.
Jour après jour, les journaux à sensation tenaient le public en haleine avec des détails salaces sur l'infidélité conjugale du président. Day after day the tabloids titillated the public with lurid details about the president's marital infidelity.
Soudainement, je vis deux silhouettes : l'une d'un petit homme qui marchait d'un bon pas lourd en direction de l'est et l'autre d'une fille de peut-être huit ou dix ans qui courait à perdre haleine au long d'une rue de traverse. All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
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