puff and pant

Frequency: 8.520.4 per million words

to breathe with loud, short breaths, especially after physical effort

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Examples (20)

  • 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.