For “he walked out into the sunshine and took a deep breath,” the connotation I get is large, and often inhaled-quickly-but-then-held-for-a-beat.
For “calm down and take a deep breath,” the connotation I get is slow and larger-than-automatic. No particular association with “cleansing,” more like “asserting conscious control over your body.”
For “he walked out into the sunshine and took a deep breath,” the connotation I get is large, and often inhaled-quickly-but-then-held-for-a-beat.
For “calm down and take a deep breath,” the connotation I get is slow and larger-than-automatic. No particular association with “cleansing,” more like “asserting conscious control over your body.”