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Meanings of breathless second in English

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Usage of breathless second in English
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In one breathless second, my entire world has been turned inside out.
Second glance
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For a breathless second she thought he was about to kiss her.
Fanny Herself
3
A breathless second later, he hit the bottom, jarring his legs.
The hunchback assignments
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It took me a long, breathless second to find Tempi.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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In that breathless second I almost asked her.
The Name of the Wind
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He fired, and for a breathless second waited for the effects of the ray on the troopers.
The Revolt on Venus
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For a breathless second she was paralyzed.
Her Father's Daughter
8
His head bounced off the sealed stone floor, and for a breathless second, he was sure he'd been shot.
Gods of Risk
9
She clung to him for one breathless second; then, with a final caress she sent him forth to battle for his Pagans.
The Long Chance
10
For a breathless second, he lay there in confusion, and then he felt the warm slickness coating his stomach, and he understood.
The spirit thief
11
He landed fairly on the back of the ring horse, wavered for one breathless second, then fell into the pose of the accomplished rider.
The Circus Boys Across the Continent; Or, Winning New Laurels on...
12
It barely clears the port sill, coming so close to it, in fact, that for one breathless second we think that it will strike.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
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For the space of a breathless second Laura connected him with the pink satin; then he dropped into a vacant seat at Evelyn's side.
The Getting of Wisdom
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Then, what happened next, happened in the flash of a few breathless seconds.
The Red Planet
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For twenty breathless seconds we watched-butnothing showed upon the surface.
Tales of Chinatown
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For a few breathless seconds not one of them moved.
The Black Box
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