breathless
Example Sentences
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Nobody wants to see a repeat of 2012, when the failure to reach a deal led to replacement officials and breathless complaints.
The audience was breathless not only with excitement but with phone activity recording the encounter for digital posterity.
From Los Angeles Times
The energetic Mr. Miller too often resorts to breathless prose in straining for suspenseful effect.
It neatly sums up the breathless challenge Newcastle face across the board to one day gatecrash the elite.
From BBC
“History” is a major player in this breathless narrative, as in “gales of history,” “maelstrom of history,” “winds of history,” “tide of history” and the “frenetic pace of history”—all within a few dozen pages.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
