breathlessness
- a word derived from breathless.
Example Sentences
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According to the NHS, external, symptoms of AML can include looking pale, feeling tired or weak, breathlessness, unusual and frequent bruising or bleeding and losing weight without trying to.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The de-extinction breathlessness potentially endangers real animals for the sake of hypothetical future de-extincted ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
“There was a breathlessness to the selling, and the message they sent was to cash in now because the ride won’t last forever,” Silverman wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
It causes worsening breathlessness, a dry cough, and fatigue, typically affecting older adults.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
The breathlessness of the air was growing as they climbed; and now they seemed often in the blind dark to sense some resistance thicker than the foul air.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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