breathlessly
喘着粗气,气喘吁吁地,喘息着,气喘吁吁
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- : without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- : with the breath held, as in suspense, astonishment, fear, or the like: breathless listeners of the mystery story.
- : causing loss of breath, as from excitement, anticipation, or tension: a breathless ride.
- : dead; lifeless.
- : motionless or still, as air without a breeze: a breathless summer day.
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Examples
When he arrived beneath its domed ceiling, already breathless from the run over, he got hit in the face with bear spray.
For years, Republicans have been jumping up and down, breathlessly screaming that the Affordable Care Act would be a “disaster.”
As I was taking off my boots, Bianca came breathlessly into my room.
It leads one to wonder how breathlessly the actual runup to the 2016 election will be covered.
Run breathlessly and pointlessly after his mustachioed shadow?
Most breathlessly speculated that the defense would never recover.
At sight of Monsieur Gaubert, running so breathlessly, he started forward, wondering and uneasy.
Just then Jess was aroused from her brown 15 study by hearing somebody calling breathlessly after her.
There were few afternoons when a ring of spectators did not surround the table, breathlessly watching the champions.
"Never mind them," said Amy, leaning a little breathlessly toward Betty.
He crushed the paper in his hand and hurried breathlessly westward at the top of his speed.