How do you use Gasping in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like blown or breathless, plus the exact meaning.
Gasping meaning
present participle and gerund of gasp
Synonyms of Gasping
Using Gasping
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of gasp
- Useful related words include: blown, dyspneal, dyspnoeic, dyspneic.
- In the example corpus, gasping often appears in combinations such as: gasping for, was gasping, gasping in.
Context around Gasping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gasping
- In this selection, "gasping" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, help, eagles, morning, midway, gesture and coming stand out and add context to how "gasping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a gasping specter and and was gasping for air. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gasping" sits close to words such as aadmi, aang and ably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gasping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’ll bet growers are gasping for air. (8 words)
He had a weak pulse and was gasping for air. (10 words)
How did millions of fish die gasping in the Darling — after three years of rain? (15 words)
There’s a lot about struggling to breathe in this book about the long shadow of the Holocaust — a lot of sick, funny lines, so that sometimes you can’t help gasping for breath as you read about gasping for breath. (41 words)
Biden's people insisted that CNN not have a live audience because they didn't want the viewers at home to hear any gasping coming from the crowd if their candidate began to swerve off the rails. (37 words)
Mother-of-two Sharon Gordon, 60, believed to be from Campbelltown in Sydney's south-west, was travelling on flight QR908 from Doha when she started gasping midway through the 14-hour journey. (33 words)
How did millions of fish die gasping in the Darling — after three years of rain? (15 words)
Suriya starrer Kanguva is gasping for breath while it snails towards the 100 crore mark at the box office worldwide! (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
There’s a lot about struggling to breathe in this book about the long shadow of the Holocaust — a lot of sick, funny lines, so that sometimes you can’t help gasping for breath as you read about gasping for breath.
After conceding the first two majors, the Cats awoke from their early nap to blast the next 12 unanswered to leave the Eagles gasping.
As many woke up this morning gasping for water – regretting, perhaps, having overindulged on New Year’s Eve – a quintet of hardy souls found themselves fully submerged in the life-giving liquid.
He had a weak pulse and was gasping for air.
How did millions of fish die gasping in the Darling — after three years of rain?
I’ll bet growers are gasping for air.
Maybe most GMT800s are beaten to near-death, running on two cylinders, and gasping for air from uncleaned filters.
Mother-of-two Sharon Gordon, 60, believed to be from Campbelltown in Sydney's south-west, was travelling on flight QR908 from Doha when she started gasping midway through the 14-hour journey.
The audience response at preview screenings has been so interesting — clapping, gasping, even yelling at the characters.
There was a telling moment when he was asked about this, and did a kind of gasping gesture to explain his point.
When a party lacks an identity beyond its leader, his or her retirement leaves it flopping around, gasping for oxygen.
Alcohol also "causes the airway to collapse easier, so people may notice snoring, waking up gasping for air, or even a swollen uvula," she says.
Biden's people insisted that CNN not have a live audience because they didn't want the viewers at home to hear any gasping coming from the crowd if their candidate began to swerve off the rails.
In the preview video for the week of December 30-January 3, Tessa can be seen gasping for air and looking like she’s about to fall unconscious as Ian steadies her.
I ran all the way to the tube station, arrived at the council office minutes before 5pm and cried my way in. I was gasping and sweating but I got the green paper.
I spent the night gasping for air while on my husband’s phone with friends and family.
Suriya starrer Kanguva is gasping for breath while it snails towards the 100 crore mark at the box office worldwide!
The 21-year-old landed at the bottom of the slope next to her friend, who called the emergency services, telling them her friend was "gasping".
Their rapid, “look, no hands” descents down the poles, only to stop themselves, suddenly, from crashing to the ground, have the audience gasping in astonishment.
Trick-or- treaters courageous enough to walk down the path, will have to brave the sounds of thunder, wolves howling, a church bell and a gasping specter.
Common combinations with gasping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: