adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a breathless August night
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Walking up ten flights of stairs left him breathless .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was breathless and moving at high speed, but there was nothing agitated or uncontrolled about him.
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In spite of the fact that he was stationary, Mungo felt breathless .
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Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.
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It is also written in a kind of breathless journalese that makes one's nerves stand on end.
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She halted, left a trifle breathless as usual by the sight of him in a dress suit.
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Speed puts some people to sleep; others it makes breathless .
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The fight had left him breathless .
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They left me breathless , staggering, laughing to myself.