breathlessly
- a word derived from breathless.
Example Sentences
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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
Radcliffe was breathlessly scampering up and down the aisles of the Hudson Theatre before the show began, enlisting audience members to be participants in the play.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
“These prediction markets you are breathlessly defending are gambling—pure and simple.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 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
Katya and the other pilots on the ground watched breathlessly, willing Marina to keep her speed up and turn the controls toward the working engine, as they’d been taught.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
