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Meanings of breathless in English
Portuguese
dispnéico Catalan
panteixant Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
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Examples for "inanimate"
Examples for "inanimate"
1
This danger does not come from human malice, but from inanimate nature.
2
In turn oxen and horses were soon being replaced by inanimate power.
3
Even in inanimate bodies the power of the moon is very evident.
4
The same conclusion may be reached in the case of inanimate things.
5
They see others as inanimate objects, like machines, moved by explicit rules.
1
Nine noble defenders of the Covenant lay pulseless in the dewy grass.
2
In the chamber above lay the pale, almost pulseless form of Edith.
3
There was a subdued light, and almost pulseless silence in the chamber.
4
Her fingers felt like a closed fan in his own pulseless hand.
5
His hand was then cold and pulseless, yet he shook mine warmly.
Usage of breathless in English
1
Loud voices in the antechamber interrupted her; she listened in breathless expectation.
2
An Irishman's Diary of September 21st, however, left me breathless with dismay.
3
The jury appeared in their box; and there was a breathless stillness.
4
Nothing seemed to be hurting in particular; she just felt utterly breathless.
5
Did Eleni say he was involved?' Isobel demanded, breathless from the rush.
6
I couldn't quite see them, but I could hear every breathless word.
7
At home, an attack of tachycardia that left me breathless and exhausted.
8
They had steerage way, not much, but Okes sounded breathless, confident, Good.
9
The night was breathless; not a leaf of the elm trees quivered.
10
Feeling breathless can be a sign of a more serious coronavirus infection.
11
I felt just as breathless seeing him in it today as then.
12
A breathless, blink-and-you'll-miss-it beginning had three goals inside the first 10 minutes.
13
When he was passing through a crisis the whole ward waited breathless.
14
There was a sudden breathless change in the air of the department.
15
What's happening this week that's not breathless anticipation for Game of Thrones?
16
The crowds below, on foot and in carriages, are in breathless expectation.
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Breathless through the time
Breathless across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common