Example Sentences

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I am gasping for breath when I reach the top.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017

Indeed, I am gasping along with the audience at each acrobatic spin or freakishly perfect robot impression, and I feel sure that the other 283 people watching online must be doing the same thing.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2010

I am gasping for air but I don’t care, not when I’m finally escaping, not when this nightmare is finally over.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

I am gasping for air, drowning in the middle of a bank of telephone operators.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

I have swallowed the bitter pill and now I am gasping for breath.

From Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Speed, Nell