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gasping
adjective as in breathing
Strongest match
adjective as in breathless
adjective as in winded
Weak matches
noun as in panting
Strong matches
- heaving
- respiring
Weak matches
Example Sentences
And on Sunday afternoon, instead of receiving the good news that Johnson and Co. might have expected, the luck of the draw left Sparks representative Rickea Jackson gasping in disbelief instead of cheering in glee.
Gabriela entered the United States more than two decades ago, gasping for breath under a pile of corn stalks in the boot of a smuggler's car.
Another video showed him "gasping for breath" before Shemwell phoned emergency services on the evening of 2 January, and he was taken by an ambulance to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
“It hits your chest and you’re gasping for air,” she said.
While Jimmy sinks in his grief, Alice keeps him afloat by becoming a parentified child, even though she is gasping for air too.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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