gulp for air
Frequency: 6.78.8 per million words
To try to breathe in a large amount of air quickly, especially when struggling to breathe.
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- Keith swam to the surface and gulped for air.
- The runner bent over, gulping for air after the sprint.
- She woke up screaming and gulped for air in the dark.
- He emerged from the cold water and gulped for air greedily.
- The firefighter removed his mask to gulp for air outside.
- Panic caused him to gulp for air uncontrollably.
- The sobbing child paused to gulp for air between tears.
- Small fish rose to the surface to gulp for air.
- You could hear him gulp for air in the thin mountain atmosphere.
- I had to stop running and gulp for air to calm down.