catching breath
Example Sentences
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There was no answer; only the woman's catching breath as she struggled with her sobs.
From Tarrano the Conqueror by Cummings, Ray
It was being sung all over England that Armistice Day, as it had been sung in the first days of the war, joyously, exultingly, yet with catching breath.
From Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
“Yes, father,” I said, despondently; and I heard him draw a deep, catching breath.
From Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah by Smith, W.T.
Meanwhile, like wrestlers who after a long chase are to seize each other by the bodies, they lay opposite each other, catching breath in their panting throats, and resting.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
So long did we wait that I almost fell asleep resting against the cold marble, but was suddenly aroused by hearing Curtis give a quick catching breath.
From Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider
