breathless
Origin of breathless
Related Words for breathless
blown, exhausted, panting, spent, winded, asthmatic, choking, emphysematous, gasping, short-winded, stertorous, agog, anxious, avid, eager, excited, thunderstruck, flabbergasted, open-mouthedExamples from the Web for breathless
Contemporary Examples of breathless
Suddenly, you are crying, breathless, raging, and on quieter days just going through the motions.
Whether it's breathless coverage of the New Black Panthers, or reports of vote buying in Mississippi, recent examples abound.
At his shows, I remember there being a hushed, breathless anticipation as we waited to see which song Smith would play next.
‘Heaven Adores You’ Is More Celebratory Than Salacious About Elliott SmithRachel Kramer Bussel
June 22, 2014
The community in which you were raised does not gather around the television set every four years for a solid, breathless month.
After a breathless waiting period in which the infected were quarantined, none of the six fell ill.
Historical Examples of breathless
It is only the true lover to whom the breathing form is as sacred as the breathless.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
There was a sort of breathless touch in the air of the room.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
Kitty dropped on the floor at Helen's feet; the hush in the room was breathless.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
The Countess, breathless from dancing, burst in upon the little group.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
A crowd of silent men had gathered about the box in a breathless wait.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser