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gasp

noun as in sharply drawn breath

verb as in draw breath in sharply

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The heat not only sends players gasping for water bottles, it also brings along unpredictable thunderstorms that pose a risk to anyone inside a stadium.

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They squeezed them down to their last gasps.

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It is the reason we gasp when a line cuts close to the bone, the reason we rise to our feet when an actor brings us somewhere we didn’t know we could go.

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McDonald yanked the plane from an upright position and tumbled over into a glide, drawing gasps that transformed into cheers.

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Signs of Estevao's quality were evident in previous matches, with his array of nutmegs, flicks and other eye-catching moments drawing gasps from the crowd.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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