The look in his eyes had made the breath freeze in her lungs.

The words made the breath catch in his throat and his groin pound.

The woman, sober scientist that I am, made the breath catch in my throat.

Hope made the breath catch in Tamír's throat.

Keeping up with Franco was difficult; the man had a stride that soon made the breath rasp in Mikhail's lungs.

He dropped the lantern and collided with the bars with a force that made the breath whoosh from his lungs.

Now Mary was standing on the accelerator, the van shooting forward with a fishtailing slipslide that made the breath freeze in Laura's lungs.