breathe heavily

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to breathe with a lot of effort, for example after exercise

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  • After running the marathon, he was breathing heavily at the finish line.
  • The patient with a high fever lay in bed, breathing heavily.
  • She was breathing heavily after climbing five flights of stairs.
  • He woke up from the nightmare, sweating and breathing heavily.
  • The old dog started to breathe heavily in the midday sun.
  • Why are you breathing so heavily? Did you run all the way here?
  • You could hear him breathing heavily on the other end of the phone.
  • After moving the heavy boxes, I had to sit down, breathing heavily.
  • The wrestler breathed heavily, waiting for his opponent's next move.
  • During the panic attack, she began to breathe heavily and her heart raced.