pant
verb (used without object)
to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
have panted
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present perfectof pant.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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One obstacle must have stood not a little in the way of that preferment after which his whole life seems to have panted.
From Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 by Samuel Johnson
"You bet we have," panted Bandy-legs, as he set his burden down.
From In Camp on the Big Sunflower by Lawrence J. Leslie
No, but I have," panted Denis, "and if you can help me I'll be as grateful again to you.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
Our souls have communed for years, and rejoice that the time at length is come in which that individual intercourse for which they may most justly be said to have panted is opened.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
I don't know why it is, Arthur; but I have panted to have the privileges of an ordained priest, and yet it is not to be so.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
