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Meanings of short-winded in anglès

Breathing laboriously or convulsively.

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Usage of short-winded in anglès
1
She panted a little as she spoke, like a short-winded lap-dog.
Crome Yellow
2
Here Augustus, who was a little short-winded, paused to recover breath.
Paul Clifford — Volume 04
3
The man's strength was prodigious, although he was puffy and short-winded.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
4
Another of those short-winded, high-arched pops went up in air.
The High School Pitcher; or, Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond
5
She sits down, short-winded, and listens to his heavy breathing.
To the end of the land
6
He is eighteen years old, your worship, short-winded and galled.
The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
7
It was a simple, effective and very short-winded system.
The Irish Times
8
She loved the Green Mountains, but as sunset approached she found herself short-winded and anxious.
The double bind
9
Is a poet of small wares, whose Muse is short-winded and quickly out of breath.
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
10
Just a little short-winded when I climb the stairs.
East of eden
11
He was fat and short-winded and would suffer from the effort of laying on the blows.
The Unwilling Vestal
12
Recovering some of her breath, she gazed at her companion with a sort of short-winded archness.
The Little Warrior
13
The man, wheezing like a broken-down locomotive, was too short-winded to talk when he was eating.
Original Short Stories — Volume 01
14
He was in the center, and short-winded.
The Ivory Trail
15
The additional meal made them sluggish and short-winded, and they did not seem to thrive so well.
By Canoe and Dog Train Among The Cree and Salteaux Indians
16
It was, it must be, the short-winded Count himself, whom we all supposed to be in Rome!
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman