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winded

[ win-did ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

out of breath.
having wind or breath of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
short-winded; broken-winded.

winded

/ ˈwɪndɪd /

out of breath, as from strenuous exercise
in combination having breath or wind as specified
broken-winded
short-winded

Origin of winded¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; wind ¹, -ed ³

His many publications and his emails to me are long-winded, occasionally exaggerated, and sometimes hard to follow.

None looked jumpy to me; in fact the pedicab cyclists beside our carriage looked more winded and annoyed.

What do you call a long-winded member of Congress whose opinions infuriate you?

That quote may expose Obama as long-winded, but we knew that.

The prince got winded and red-faced in a hurry when he got on a treadmill to promote an Everest climb by charity he supports.

There was no more talking after that, but even so the three outlanders grew more and more winded and the people gained on them.

Indoors and back East he would probably have been a consumptive; out here, he was merely short-winded.

He galloped around the field until he was winded or decided that there was nothing to be frightened about.

What was a drowned wolf, when there was a winded buck not far ahead?

As she approached them, light running like liquid down the side of her winded robe, she smiled and held out her hand.

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