Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word breathless,.
Examples
-
After post prandial, ostentatious bows they swimm, glimmering, down the roji dewy path along the cascading waterfall and breathless,
Sakana 2008
-
During the few seconds which I had spent staring and breathless,
The Ghost Pirates 2007
-
She landed heavily, grunting as she hit the slope together with Caraline, who snapped a breathless,
A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996
-
As he worked down the slide stop, ramming both Detonics pistols into his belt, empty, taking one of the M-16s from her, he rasped, breathless,
The End Is Coming Ahern, Jerry 1984
-
D. in the jaw and had broken out of the jug and was running, breathless,
Three Soldiers 1921
-
Blaze forth bright in the heavens on nights when the welkin is breathless,
The Port of Missing Men Meredith Nicholson 1906
-
"Higher up the lane," he said, descending triumphant and breathless,
-
It was early morning, before breakfast; still and warm and breathless,
The Voice in the Fog Harold MacGrath 1901
-
Where the dead sweet roses fade not of lips long breathless,
Poems & Ballads (Second Series) Swinburne's Poems Volume III Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
-
Malcolm, as they reached the summit -- the marquis breathless,
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.