pant
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"They pant after running just 50 metres," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
While throwing, the chimpanzees pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal — and sometimes repeatedly hit their hands and feet on the tree in a behavior called buttress drumming.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Legal experts have noted that consumers are unlikely to have any legal case against the retailer because the oversized dimensions of the pant legs put them in the category of obvious risk.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Deftly styling a loud pant says you don’t need a remedial lesson in the ridiculous life here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
Her face was slick with the moisture of tears and mucus, and once in a while she opened her mouth and extended her pepper-burned tongue to pant like a dog.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Baseball would be setting their own pants on fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"We also stripped down to our pants quite a lot," Brydon told The Times.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The pants, made from stiffer denim, proved to be slightly easier, and the robot finished the task in a little over a minute.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Actual pants, made from the grocery store’s reusable bags.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
One morning, when I tried to pull my pants up, they rose above my ankles.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
"I need to go back to the gym," he panted as the song ended.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
It was warm enough that babies slept on their parents’ shoulders and dogs panted in their owners’ shadows.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2022
After the firing, he got up, yelled at the passenger to get back, and panted into his walkie-talkie.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2022
Facing a television camera a few feet from the pool at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the newly minted gold medalist panted and choked back sobs and searched for the right words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Shaking herself like a dog, Winifred panted, “Look what I found half-sunk in the water over there. It’s a good job the rushes held him up.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Ms. McMillan, panting in the 93-degree heat, declared victory at his vehicle: “I knew you were going to get into this one. It had a Kentucky tag on it, baby!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
And that Abah had come looking for her, red-faced and panting.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
On certain climbs, I topped out panting and exhausted, then realized my bike was in its hardest gear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
When the congregation responds with rhythmic panting that slowly builds to shrieks of grief and passion, Ann finally feels at home — the burdens she’s been carrying all her life, cast into the ether.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
After a moment, I heard Samir speak in between his panting.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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