breathless

Example Sentences

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Researchers say blood pressure and blood sugar control improve for 24-48 hours after a workout that pushes you hard enough to become breathless for several minutes.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

From 1-0 down to 2-1 up, from deep concern to utter bedlam in 18 breathless minutes.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

But that amount of Botox left me breathless when climbing stairs, and the smoothing-out of my voice lasted for only a couple of weeks.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Her mother called the police after piecing together the breathless, frantic story Carla told.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez