On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Breathless. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as panting or gasping and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Breathless in a sentence
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Breathless meaning
- Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
- That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
- Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
Synonyms of Breathless
Using Breathless
- The main meaning on this page is: Having difficulty breathing; gasping. | That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.). | Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
- Useful related words include: dyspneic, short-winded, pursy, panting.
- In the example corpus, breathless often appears in combinations such as: the breathless, breathless and, with breathless.
Context around Breathless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Breathless
- In this selection, "breathless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chaotic, left, feel, first, ones and spell stand out and add context to how "breathless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a breathless first half and 16 more breathless ones for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "breathless" sits close to words such as adopters, airfields and allowable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with breathless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Breathless with guns drawn, officers rushed toward the gunman. (9 words)
It’s been breathless stuff, Bielsa-ball from both sides. (10 words)
I find it difficult to walk a long way and it makes me feel breathless. (15 words)
After what felt like an eternity, Tufan grabbed his second of the game when he powered in the net to earn City a draw in the most dramatic of fashions, the very least they deserved in a chaotic, breathless, Championship encounter. (41 words)
A breathless first half saw City go a goal behind when Jacob Greaves was adjudged to have handled inside his box and from the spot, Tommy Conway opened the scoring, but Rosenior's men turned it around before the break. (40 words)
The breathless way Liverpool managed to squeeze teams back and force errors was captivating to watch and, although they might not have always been the most clinical, it was clear to see the Fab Four had the potential for greatness. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A breathless first half ended 6-3 to South Africa with a last gasp penalty from Finn Russell.
A breathless first half saw City go a goal behind when Jacob Greaves was adjudged to have handled inside his box and from the spot, Tommy Conway opened the scoring, but Rosenior's men turned it around before the break.
After 40 stellar minutes and 16 more breathless ones for the Avalanche, a bad bounce off Pavel Francouz’s pad brought the Penguins even with 3:38 remaining Tuesday night.
After a breathless spell of extra time, it’s official: the game will be decided by penalties.
After what felt like an eternity, Tufan grabbed his second of the game when he powered in the net to earn City a draw in the most dramatic of fashions, the very least they deserved in a chaotic, breathless, Championship encounter.
And by the time it reaches the twist ending you will be left breathless and in awe.
And when their relationship disintegrated into violence this weekend, it set off a breathless descent that appeared to be the realization of many people’s worst fears.
Breathless with guns drawn, officers rushed toward the gunman.
But I was deteriorating all the time, and was so breathless that I had to give up my job managing a retirement complex because it required me to climb a lot of stairs.
Cogswell said as a child, she remembers her dad often being sick and breathless, which impacted her family’s lifestyle but also elicited her passion for work in the cardiovascular sector.
Eventually – after insisting on lots of tests – they did a CT scan, by which point she was very breathless and couldn’t breathe properly.
If ever a game showcased the good and the bad of Liverpool's maddening Premier League campaign, it was on full display here in a breathless, angry Anfield draw with Arsenal.
I find it difficult to walk a long way and it makes me feel breathless.
It is of course not really a chapter about whether G-d uses computers, but about gaining insight into G-d and His angels through a whole new prism of terminology, in a way that left me actually breathless.
It’s been breathless stuff, Bielsa-ball from both sides.
Kulusevski’s towering leap denied City victory in a breathless contest, which means ’s champions have now dropped points in three consecutive games following draws against Chelsea and Liverpool.
Lawmakers are grasping at straws over what to do, while doomsday predictions clash with breathless sales pitches for how A.I. tech will change everything.
The basic idea is that if an anime character is shocked and alarmed intensely enough, they become breathless and choke, thus turning blue due to oxygen deprivation.
The breathless way Liverpool managed to squeeze teams back and force errors was captivating to watch and, although they might not have always been the most clinical, it was clear to see the Fab Four had the potential for greatness.
Cesar Luna, 38, was still aglow from the euphoric experience, and could only let out breathless gratitude for Shakira.
Common combinations with breathless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the breathless 9×
- breathless and 8×
- with breathless 7×
- of breathless 6×
- in breathless 5×
- you breathless 5×
- and breathless 4×
- become breathless 3×
- was breathless 3×
- breathless coverage 3×