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Example sentences for "breathing hard"

  • Indeed, I love you,” she said, breathing hard.

  • Makian, breathing hard, glanced round and saw the day lost for him; he had not gathered his son’s action; but Ian turned on his brother with bitter curses.

  • I think you are a Campbell,” said Macdonald, breathing hard.

  • Don't talk about it, Tom," said Murray, breathing hard.

  • Something of the kind, sir," said the lad, breathing hard.

  • Again she paused, breathing hard, collecting all her woman's strength to finish what she had begun.

  • And thus Theodora rewards the service rendered to Ginevra," the monk said, breathing hard, and making a step towards her.

  • It seemed to Gunner Sobey to be breathing hard, but otherwise it betrayed no emotion.

  • Their eyes were on their leader, and in silence, breathing hard, each man's teeth clenched upon his cutlass, they hounded after him and across the Pit at his heels.

  • At this point Mr. Jope, who for some seconds had been breathing hard at the back of the Major's neck, clutched his comrade by the arm.

  • He stood with legs apart, breathing hard, and big drops of sweat were on his brow.

  • He stood, breathing hard, with a hand held out in unconscious appeal.

  • Wal, an' now to get it out," began his father, breathing hard.

  • Colmor was there in the yard, breathing hard, his face working, and in front of him crouched several of the men with rifles ready.

  • Yes, my lord," Alexander went on, breathing hard.

  • Breathing hard, as if stunned by her words, the tribune remained standing on the threshold where the terrible lady had vanished from his sight, and then, striving to regain his composure, pushed back the curling locks from his brow.

  • Breathing hard, he sat up to call his physician.

  • For several moments, breathing hard, Graham stood over him, looking down at the dishevelled, unconscious dandy, with his bad blood all over his face and clothes.

  • On the top landing he waited, breathing hard, while the girl opened the door with her latch-key.

  • Once more he kissed her and then, breathing hard, went to his own room, stood in the darkness for a moment, and thanked his lucky star for the gift of Belle.

  • Some four or five seconds they stood, breathing hard, both of them, and listening for the sounds of disaster which might echo any minute from the corridor.

  • Five of them he spent in staring blankly up at David; three he spent in gathering a scowl; the final two found his plump countenance turning to an angry red--and Johnson Boller was struggling to his feet, breathing hard.

  • She stopped, breathing hard, and shook her head at Anthony Fry, so that the red-gold curls tumbled about quite riotously.

  • Mr. Spokesly got up, breathing hard, and pointed into the room.

  • He lifted one foot out of the grateful warmth and felt the instep tenderly, breathing hard, with his tongue in one corner of his mouth, as his mind ran to and fro nosing at the closed doors of the past.

  • With flushed faces and dishevelled hair, they looked at one another, breathing hard.

  • I believe everything is ready," he said, breathing hard.

  • I hate you," Laevsky said softly, breathing hard.

  • Targo was up almost as quickly as he, and for an instant the two stood eyeing each other, breathing hard.

  • The Very Young Man sat still for a moment, breathing hard.

  • Breathing hard, Sue managed to keep them apart; to bring them back to their proper distance.

  • She made no reply, only waited, breathing hard, her eyes now on Wallace, now on Tottie.

  • Sam, breathing hard, still doubtful of the child's bold policy, feared what this silence might portend.

  • Thereafter, for a day and a night and half a day, the patient had lain somnolent, breathing hard, at intervals feebly conscious.

  • Or was it the blood rushing to her ears as she sat bolt upright in the darkness, listening, breathing hard?


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "breathing hard" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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