puff and pant
Frequency: 8.520.4 per million words
to breathe with loud, short breaths, especially after physical effort
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- Mason puffed and panted up the stairs.
- After running the marathon, she could only puff and pant.
- She reached the finish line, puffing and panting after the final sprint.
- He arrived at the top of the stairs, puffing and panting.
- We were all puffing and panting by the time we reached the mountain summit.
- The old man had to puff and pant just to walk a short distance.
- The old steam engine seemed to puff and pant as it struggled up the steep hill.
- We heard him puff and pant from the other room.
- Stop puffing and panting for a moment and tell me what happened!
- She was puffing and panting after climbing the steep hill.
- After three intense rounds of boxing, he could only puff and pant in his corner.
- The exhausted hikers were puffing and panting by the time they reached the summit.
- They puffed and panted their way through the heavy snow to reach the cabin.
- Children often puff and pant when playing energetically.
- It was a long climb, and I was puffing and panting like a broken bellows.
- He had to stop and puff and pant to catch his breath.
- The golden retriever puffed and panted after chasing the ball for over an hour.
- The dog was puffing and panting after chasing the ball.
- He puffs and pants even when he is just walking a short distance to the mailbox.
- She felt her heart pounding and began to puff and pant.