take one's breath away
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They don’t take one’s breath away — although the sparkling East Colonnade, with its trees sprouting from snow banks, each branch glinting with tiny mirrored disks, is a magical and elegant welcome.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022
The air at 4500 meters is so thin that just a few steps take one’s breath away.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2022
Cinematographers Manikandan and Santosh Sivan with production designer Samir Chanda and editor A. Sreekar Prasad serve Ratnam superbly with images, settings and vitality that take one's breath away.
From Reuters • Jun. 18, 2010
The nighttime view from an airplane or a train can take one's breath away, and add new dimensions to the ordinary conception of what is beautiful.
From Time Magazine Archive
“What can you expect, when you take one’s breath away, creeping in like a burglar, and letting cats out of bags like that? Get up, you ridiculous boy, and tell me all about it.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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