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winded

adjective as in out of breath

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Four hours later, sunburned and more winded than I like to admit, I reached a hamlet where I later hitched a ride back to the city.

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Mascalusco used to have an active lifestyle, but the damage to her lungs made it so she could barely go up and down the stairs of her Utah home without feeling winded.

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Three days later he returned, the horses lathered and winded as if they had run the Derby.

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Suitcases swinging by their sides, Penelope and the children half skipped and half tumbled down the grassy slopes, only stopping when they were winded and could no longer catch breath enough to laugh.

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The men and their horses looked winded and unhappy.

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