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short-winded

adverb as in out of breath

noun as in panting

Strong matches

Weak match

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Treating her EPs and albums with the same attention to detail, “Blush” stands as a short-winded seven-track exploration of sorrow, femininity and fleeting love.

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Short-handed and short-winded, the Lakers again got beaten on the glass and again got beaten in transition, multiple possessions ending with James failing to cross midcourt as he grabbed at oxygen.

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While prairie jackrabbits are capable of amazing bursts of speed—up to and over fifty miles an hour—they are relatively short-winded.

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“I never had any trouble with my heart. Just a little short-winded when I climb the stairs.”

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“I forgot my keys at home,” she pants, irritable and short-winded.

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

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