pant
verb (used without object)
to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
had panted
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past perfectof pant.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"A shaggy mountain of malice had panted, heaved and labored," an early Johnson biographer fulminated, "and this small and very scaly mouse was the result!"
From Time Magazine Archive
All his life long John had panted for that; his hope was to make men better.
From Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series by Frederick William Robertson
Mrs. Dodd had panted after her husband and Miss Springle, who were in the most open place; but Wilks was unable to contain himself with annoyance at this.
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Elinor Glyn
Before Clive had exhausted all the books thus placed at his disposal, events occurred which speedily opened to him the career for which he had panted.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by George Bruce Malleson
Mr. Wrenn had ecstatically watched the shores of England—England!—ride at him through the fog, and had panted over the lines of English villas among the dunes.
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis
