He could hear the intake of breath over the line.

He made a sound behind her, an intake of breath, nothing more.

He heard an intake of breath, close to the door.

I could hear his intake of breath above the wind.

There was a general intake of breath in the room.

She knew from his voice, the quick intake of breath, what he was going to say now.

She saw me at about the same time, and I could feel the quick intake of her breath.

There was a quick intake of breath, then she turned away.

She heard her father's sharp intake of breath on the other end.

A deep intake of breath he clearly heard over a thousand miles away.