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breathlessbreath‧less /ˈbreθləs/ adjective   - a breathless August night
- Walking up ten flights of stairs left him breathless.
- He was breathless and moving at high speed, but there was nothing agitated or uncontrolled about him.
- In spite of the fact that he was stationary, Mungo felt breathless.
- Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.
- It is also written in a kind of breathless journalese that makes one's nerves stand on end.
- She halted, left a trifle breathless as usual by the sight of him in a dress suit.
- Speed puts some people to sleep; others it makes breathless.
- The fight had left him breathless.
- They left me breathless, staggering, laughing to myself.
to breathe with difficulty► short of breath unable to breathe easily, especially because you are unhealthy: · When I wake up in the morning I'm often very short of breath.· She got short of breath very easily because she was so overweight.· The fog irritated his lungs and made him short of breath. ► breathless/out of breath having difficulty breathing, especially because you have just been running, climbing stairs etc: · She sounded a little breathless, as if she had been running.· We were all a little out of breath when we got on the train.· Can we have a rest? -- I'm a bit out of breath. ► gasp to breathe very quickly and deeply because you are having difficulty breathing normally, for example after running fast or because you have been injured: · The hill was very steep and they were all gasping by the time they got to the top.· "Do you think you can walk?" I asked. "I'll try," he gasped.gasp for breath (=because you can hardly breathe): · His mother was coughing and gasping for breath. ► puff to breathe loudly and with difficulty, because you are doing something which needs a lot of physical effort: · You could see her puffing as she carried the heavy washing basket.· "Sorry I'm so late Maxie,'' he said, puffing breathlessly. ► pant to breathe quickly and noisily with your mouth open, for example, because you have just been running: · Matt was still panting after his run.· When I reached the top of the stairs I was puffing and panting like an old steam engine.· A strange brown dog suddenly jumped all over him, panting, its tongue out. ► be stuffed up also be bunged up British spoken to have difficulty breathing through your nose because you have a cold : · She doesn't want to go to school. She says her throat is sore and she's stuffed up.be all bunged up: · I couldn't sleep last night because I was all bunged up. ► wheeze to breathe with a whistling noise in your throat and chest because you are ill or unhealthy: · When she coughed she made a terrible wheezing sound.· His asthma was acting up and he wheezed throughout the show. ► at (a) breathless pace/speed- Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.
- Though she has had little education, her vocabulary is excellent: she fountains out ideas and observations at breathless speed.
nounbreathbreatherbreathingadjectivebreathlessbreathyverbbreatheadverbbreathlessly 1having difficulty breathing, especially because you are very tired, excited, or frightened:  The long climb left Jan feeling breathless.breathless with They waited, breathless with anticipation.2written excited: His first novel drew breathless superlatives from critics.3at (a) breathless pace/speed extremely fast4 literary unpleasantly hot, with no fresh air or wind: the breathless heat of a midsummer night in Rome—breathlessly adverb—breathlessness noun [uncountable] |