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huffing and puffing

adjective as in winded

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Huffing and puffing uphill on a rickety old bike towards the job centre.

From BBC

And here was USC, huffing and puffing at the line of scrimmage, unable to hold any longer, as Mullings burst through to spoil USC’s Big Ten debut, which ended in a 27-24 defeat, the Trojans’ first of the season.

Forced to slow down, the man who believed “hiking is for people who can’t run” found himself huffing and puffing up a peak in Griffith Park.

One day, as he was sunning this way, with wine in his belly, who should come huffing and puffing and staggering out of the stream but an obese, elderly frog.

Forced to slow down, the man who believed “hiking is for people who can’t run” found himself huffing and puffing up a peak in Griffith Park.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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