indrawing

English

Etymology

in- +‎ drawing

Noun

indrawing (plural indrawings)

1. an inhale of breath
   • 1910, Myrtle Reed, Master of the Vineyard‎^[1]:

     But--oh," she added, with a sharp indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!"

   • 1906, Fred M. White, The Slave of Silence‎^[2]:

     The words came with a fierce hissing indrawing of the speaker's breath.

   • 1897, Maud Wilder Goodwin, Flint‎^[3]:

     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!"