make sb breathless
Frequency: 6.57.5 per million words
to cause someone to be out of breath
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Examples (10)
- Running up five flights of stairs will make you breathless.
- The steep climb to the summit made us all breathless.
- Even a short walk makes my grandmother breathless these days.
- The intense workout was designed to make the athletes breathless and push their limits.
- Chasing after the runaway dog made him breathless.
- The sudden sprint for the bus made me completely breathless.
- High altitude can easily make inexperienced climbers breathless.
- The sheer beauty of the view from the mountaintop was enough to make you breathless.
- His sudden, shocking announcement made everyone in the room breathless.
- Any kind of strenuous activity will make him breathless due to his asthma.