be breathless

Frequency: 8.025.0 per million words

to be out of breath due to exertion or emotion

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Examples (10)

  • 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.