breathless
Use Breathless in a sentence
lɪs adjective
1.
without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
2.
with the breath held, as in suspense, astonishment, fear, or the like: breathless listeners of the mystery story.
3.
causing loss of breath, as from excitement, anticipation, or tension: a breathless ride.
4.
dead; lifeless.
5.
motionless or still, as air without a breeze: a breathless summer day.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | out of breath; gasping, etc |
| 2. | holding one's breath or having it taken away by excitement, etc: a breathless confrontation |
| 3. | (esp of the atmosphere) motionless and stifling |
| 4. | rare lifeless; dead |
| 'breathlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'breathlessness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Plucky kids dream of breathless adventures in a rainbow kingdom.
Indeed, he'd taken a swing at the nurses even though he was still breathless.
The community in which you were raised did not gather around the television set every four years for a solid, breathless month.
But his hyperbolic thesis and often breathless presentation don't help his case.
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