breathily
- a word derived from breathy.
Example Sentences
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The soldiers' casting has caused some excitement online, with some publications breathily calling the actors "all of the internet's boyfriends" and "red hot rising stars".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
“I love you, too,” she said, effortlessly, breathily.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2023
With Jeff Tweedy supporting on guitar, she moves lugubriously through a mournful march, singing breathily about the war between what you want and what you can’t have.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
Smith delivers the material sweatily, breathily, pulsatingly, with a musicality to his voice and a meter to his patter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2017
“It’s a lovely game,” added another man softly, breathily, dreamily.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
