short of breath

There were widespread reports of people coughing and gagging on the smoke, feeling short of breath and suffering from eye pain due to the irritants in the air.

It only became apparent just how much Lyles was struggling once he finished, appearing short of breath before he was helped into a wheelchair after being pictured lying flat-out on the track.

It can leave people severely tired, weak, and short of breath and also cuts life expectancy.

When Simon was discharged from Bristol Royal Infirmary, he walked down the very steep Christmas Steps, and said straight away he was "short of breath".

“I still feel short of breath,” she remembered him saying, as she listened to him struggle for air and wondered why he’d been sent back to the jail.