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.