Breathless Definition

brĕthlĭs
adjective
Excited or tense, often to the point of holding the breath.
A breathless audience.
American Heritage
Out of breath; panting or gasping.
Webster's New World
Without breath.
Webster's New World
Tense or exciting, often in causing or being characterized by holding of the breath.
Breathless anticipation.
American Heritage
No longer breathing; dead.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Breathless

  • breath +‎ -less

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Breathless Sentence Examples

  • She gave a breathless laugh.

  • Jessi was breathless when she reappeared at the top of the stairs.

  • Another breathless climb brought our adventurers to a third landing where there was a rift in the mountain.

  • He rode across one of the swaying pontoon bridges to the farther side, turned sharply to the left, and galloped in the direction of Kovno, preceded by enraptured, mounted chasseurs of the Guard who, breathless with delight, galloped ahead to clear a path for him through the troops.

  • The crowd spread out again more evenly, and the clerk led Petya--pale and breathless--to the Tsar-cannon.

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