Breathless
adjective
Being out of breath or having difficulty breathing after physical exertion.
After climbing the stairs, she was breathless.
Often appears as...
- leave someone breathless
- breathless with excitement
adjective
Very excited or causing great excitement.
The audience was breathless with anticipation.
Often appears as...
- breathless anticipation
- breathless excitement
adjective
Featuring very quick editing or rapid dialogue.
The breathless pace of the film kept the audience on the edge of their seats.
Often appears as...
- breathless pace
- breathless speed
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having an atmosphere that causes one to be short of breath.
The breathless atmosphere at the high altitude made it difficult to do physical activities.
adjective
Being out of breath or having difficulty breathing after physical exertion.
After climbing the stairs, she was breathless.
Often appears as...
- leave someone breathless
- breathless with excitement
adjective
Very excited or causing great excitement.
The audience was breathless with anticipation.
Often appears as...
- breathless anticipation
- breathless excitement
adjective
Featuring very quick editing or rapid dialogue.
The breathless pace of the film kept the audience on the edge of their seats.
Often appears as...
- breathless pace
- breathless speed
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having an atmosphere that causes one to be short of breath.
The breathless atmosphere at the high altitude made it difficult to do physical activities.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Exertion
Used when someone is out of breath due to activities like sports or climbing stairs.
He was breathless after the sprint.
Pro Tip 2/2Recovery Time
Indicates a need for a pause to catch one's breath after being active.
She paused breathless, trying to recover.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Exertion
Used when someone is out of breath due to activities like sports or climbing stairs.
He was breathless after the sprint.
Pro Tip 2/2Recovery Time
Indicates a need for a pause to catch one's breath after being active.
She paused breathless, trying to recover.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Exertion
Used when someone is out of breath due to activities like sports or climbing stairs.
He was breathless after the sprint.
Pro Tip 2/2Recovery Time
Indicates a need for a pause to catch one's breath after being active.
She paused breathless, trying to recover.
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Video examples
Abha Dawesar: Life in...
They're both stories, interpretations. You and I can experience things without a story. We might run up the stairs too quickly and we might get breathless. But the larger sense that we have of our lives, the slightly more abstract one, is indirect. Our story of our life is based on direct experience,
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Brian Goldman: Doctors...
At the time I was assigned to the cardiology service on a cardiology rotation. And it was my job, when the emergency staff called for a cardiology consult, to see that patient in emerg. and to report back to my attending. And I saw Mrs. Drucker, and she was breathless.
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How to Raise Successful...
And our kids, regardless of where they end up at the end of high school, they're breathless. They're brittle. They're a little burned out. They're a little old before their time, wishing the grown-ups in their lives had said, "What you've done is enough,
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Why you don’t like the...
listening to very specific types of turbulences and nonlinearity of the voice can help predict very early stages of Parkinson's, just through a phone call. Listening to the breathlessness of the voice can help detect heart disease.
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Why should you read...
each 'I,' every one of the now-six- hundred-million-plus of us, contains a similar multitude. I repeat for the last to understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world.” Saleem’s narrative often has a breathless quality—
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How to make your writing...
with fragmented sentences that break off suddenly. And other short declarative sentences in the story create a mix of breathless speed and weighty pauses. On the screen, Alfred Hitchcock's cinematography
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What happened when we...
And then the phone rang. It was the deputy chief of my special victim's unit, who was breathless on the other end of the line. He said, "Boss, you are never going to believe what I just saw."
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
witnessed an incredible spectacle unfolding let's go see what else is happening it's our two other predators here who have kept us almost breathless and our heartbeats have gone high and the
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Deadly Killer Whale...
breathing rate a breathless calf is easier to catch the killers work as a team their first goal is to separate the baby from its mother
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Following the lights PIPE...
with you this breathless Medellin our input DNC condition
Video examples
Abha Dawesar: Life in...
They're both stories, interpretations. You and I can experience things without a story. We might run up the stairs too quickly and we might get breathless. But the larger sense that we have of our lives, the slightly more abstract one, is indirect. Our story of our life is based on direct experience,
Video examples
Brian Goldman: Doctors...
At the time I was assigned to the cardiology service on a cardiology rotation. And it was my job, when the emergency staff called for a cardiology consult, to see that patient in emerg. and to report back to my attending. And I saw Mrs. Drucker, and she was breathless.
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
And our kids, regardless of where they end up at the end of high school, they're breathless. They're brittle. They're a little burned out. They're a little old before their time, wishing the grown-ups in their lives had said, "What you've done is enough,
Video examples
Why you don’t like the...
listening to very specific types of turbulences and nonlinearity of the voice can help predict very early stages of Parkinson's, just through a phone call. Listening to the breathlessness of the voice can help detect heart disease.
Video examples
Why should you read...
each 'I,' every one of the now-six- hundred-million-plus of us, contains a similar multitude. I repeat for the last to understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world.” Saleem’s narrative often has a breathless quality—
Video examples
How to make your writing...
with fragmented sentences that break off suddenly. And other short declarative sentences in the story create a mix of breathless speed and weighty pauses. On the screen, Alfred Hitchcock's cinematography
Video examples
What happened when we...
And then the phone rang. It was the deputy chief of my special victim's unit, who was breathless on the other end of the line. He said, "Boss, you are never going to believe what I just saw."
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
witnessed an incredible spectacle unfolding let's go see what else is happening it's our two other predators here who have kept us almost breathless and our heartbeats have gone high and the
Video examples
Deadly Killer Whale...
breathing rate a breathless calf is easier to catch the killers work as a team their first goal is to separate the baby from its mother
Video examples
Following the lights PIPE...
with you this breathless Medellin our input DNC condition
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Quote examples
Jermaine Jackson
American Musician
To see him there lifeless and breathless was very emotional for me. But I held myself together because I knew he's very much alive in his spirit, and that was just a shell. But I kissed him on his forehead, and I hugged him, and I touched him and I said, 'Michael, I'll never leave you. You'll never leave me.
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Nina Conti
English Actress
I think I've got it pretty easy compared with somebody who works at a desk nine to five. I'm just working for an hour in the evening. I get a bit breathless, as I have to talk non-stop because of the puppets.
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Joy Reid
American Journalist
Even at its most outrageous early moments, the Tea Party movement was treated to sober and at times breathless media coverage, to the point of being invited to co-host a presidential debate.
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Stella McCartney
British Designer
Some days, I get overwhelmed and a bit breathless... I've probably cried at work, but I'm limited with my crying: I'm the boss; I'm not really allowed to cry at work.
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Charles de Gaulle
French Leader
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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Weegee
American Photographer
People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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Eric Burdon
British Musician
I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!
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Astrid Kirchherr
German Photographer
I was wanting something new, and for me the Beatles were... outstanding. I was breathless, speechless.
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Gayle Forman
American Author
Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Quote examples
Jermaine Jackson
American Musician
To see him there lifeless and breathless was very emotional for me. But I held myself together because I knew he's very much alive in his spirit, and that was just a shell. But I kissed him on his forehead, and I hugged him, and I touched him and I said, 'Michael, I'll never leave you. You'll never leave me.
Quote examples
Nina Conti
English Actress
I think I've got it pretty easy compared with somebody who works at a desk nine to five. I'm just working for an hour in the evening. I get a bit breathless, as I have to talk non-stop because of the puppets.
Quote examples
Joy Reid
American Journalist
Even at its most outrageous early moments, the Tea Party movement was treated to sober and at times breathless media coverage, to the point of being invited to co-host a presidential debate.
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Stella McCartney
British Designer
Some days, I get overwhelmed and a bit breathless... I've probably cried at work, but I'm limited with my crying: I'm the boss; I'm not really allowed to cry at work.
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Charles de Gaulle
French Leader
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Quote examples
Weegee
American Photographer
People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
Quote examples
Eric Burdon
British Musician
I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!
Quote examples
Astrid Kirchherr
German Photographer
I was wanting something new, and for me the Beatles were... outstanding. I was breathless, speechless.
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Gayle Forman
American Author
Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
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