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Words do more than hurt, they also slash and burn in this sharp, dyspeptic, sometimes gaspingly funny exploration of art and life, men and women, being and nonbeing, and the power and limits of language.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2014

Jamie and Dylan do more than trade teasing laughs, they slam their lines like Chinese Ping-Pong champs, hurling the quips so fast at times that it’s a wonder they don’t gaspingly reach for the oxygen.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2011

When he heard this he sank into his chair and chuckled gaspingly.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon

Some wounded men raised their heads and begged gaspingly for a drop of water.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar

She started, her dark eyes opening so strangely, and her breath coming so short and gaspingly, that Peterson averred he felt his hair lift his coon-skin cap clean from his head.

From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Ellis, Edward Sylvester