breathless

Example Sentences

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O'Sullivan spent months in hospital after the crash, cannot walk more than 10m without becoming breathless and uses a crutch.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

But that amount of Botox left me breathless when climbing stairs, and the smoothing-out of my voice lasted for only a couple of weeks.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

And we’re all left a little breathless, looking around at each other, as though something magical has occurred.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Her mother called the police after piecing together the breathless, frantic story Carla told.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez