out of breath

Example Sentences

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I just stood there and waited until Mama ran out of breath, then I said, “Mama, I can’t understand you sometimes. Every time you send me to the store—I don’t care if it’s for two or three little old things—you always write them down on a piece of paper, but if I’m going away for a day or two, you tell me ten thousand things to do and you never write anything down. Why, Mama, I couldn’t remember all of those things if I had ten heads.”

From Literature

Tired and out of breath, I finally reached the window.

From Literature

I don't feel myself, I can't do anything and it is not normal for me to be out of breath all of the time'.

From BBC

They were both exhausted and out of breath.

From Literature

They stumbled out onto Nicole’s road, bruised, cut, scraped, and out of breath, but they were alive, for which they were all very grateful.

From Literature