breathless
adjective
without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting.
breathlessly
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a word derived from
breathless.
Example Sentences
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The almost breathlessly paced choreography is set to Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s “Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67,” performed here with verve by Mr. Fowler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
OutKick — the Fox-affiliated sports site — breathlessly covered the octagon girls’ new red, white and blue outfits, describing them as possessing “American glamour.”
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Wall Street has breathlessly tracked weekly the pill’s prescription volume, and the early numbers briefly lifted Novo’s long-struggling stock in January.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
Carefully anonymizing survivors while breathlessly chasing a client list of powerful men unintentionally sends a message about who matters most.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
“What a flight,” Rachael Rosen said breathlessly, entering in a long fish-scale coat with matching bra and shorts; she carried, besides her big, ornate, mail-pouch purse, a paper bag.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
