gasping
- present participle of gasp.
Example Sentences
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In the darkness, partially kneeling, gasping for air and practically immobile, he suffered aftershock after aftershock.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I had kind of a mental health breakdown,” Tyson said, describing sleep deprivation so severe she felt drunk and anxiety attacks that left her gasping for air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
And while health care has deteriorated badly in recent years because of shortages of medicines and equipment, it remains free — a system gasping but not abandoned.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
In Delhi's annual winter of discontent, toxic smog left children and the elderly gasping, with doctors advising some to leave the city.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Safe in that pocket of disrupted current, the girl rested, coughing and gasping for breath.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
