shallow breathing(Shallow breathing, thoracic breathing, or chest breathing is the drawing of minimal breath into the lungs, usually by drawing air into the chest area using the intercostal muscles rather than throughout the lungs via the diaphragm. Shallow breathing can result in or be symptomatic of rapid breathing and hypoventilation. Most people who breathe shallowly do it throughout the day and are almost always unaware of the condition. WK. Suddenly noticing his shallow breathing and a nervous tic that had appeared on the side of his face, she offered him a chair by the door and as ... I can hear his shallow breathing; I can tell he is asleep. The seconds seemed to slow down, for once all his training just kicked in, he slowed his shallow breathing, aimed and fired… She banished his attitude to the back of her mind and concentrated on the task in hand, listening with increasing anxiety to his shallow breathing. Alexander Demidov)
