short-winded

Indoors and back East he would probably have been a consumptive; out here, he was merely short-winded.

About the end of summer found himself short winded, and lost his appetite.

Recovering some of her breath, she gazed at her companion with a sort of short-winded archness.

The additional meal made them sluggish and short-winded, and they did not seem to thrive so well.

After the second test which was run at a "fast walk," I was not short-winded.