be breathless
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to be out of breath due to exertion or emotion
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- After running up five flights of stairs, I was completely breathless.
- The children were breathless with excitement on Christmas morning.
- He has been breathless more often since his illness.
- The audience was breathless with anticipation during the final scene.
- You'll be breathless after completing this intense workout.
- She was so breathless from laughing she couldn't speak.
- Are you breathless? We can slow down if you need to.
- We were all breathless as we watched the tightrope walker cross the canyon.
- The sheer beauty of the landscape left us feeling breathless.
- Even a short walk makes my elderly grandfather be breathless.