hyperventilate
to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
to cause (a patient) to breathe more rapidly and deeply than normal.
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How to use hyperventilate in a sentence
“Everyone on both sides shouldn’t hyperventilate” about Barrett’s response, he tells Quartz.
The US Supreme Court’s Indiana University ruling isn’t a free pass for vaccine mandates | Lila MacLellan | August 19, 2021 | QuartzI asked him to put on music and eventually to play a television show I had downloaded on my phone while waiting, all to make sure I didn’t hyperventilate or pass out.
It’s not only confounding but also dangerous, as Uphill Skinner is often hyperventilating, unaware, unable to quickly exit the track if he tried.
I flashed back to when I was 13, struggling to press it into the pan evenly because my hands were not yet familiar with its texture, quietly hyperventilating because I was unsure how much pressure to exert.
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British Dictionary definitions for hyperventilate
/ (ˌhaɪpəˈvɛntɪleɪt) /
(intr) to breathe in an abnormally deep, long, and rapid manner, sometimes resulting in cramp and dizziness
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