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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective predicate breathing laboriously or convulsively.
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Examples
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A single out-of-breath gargoyle gasped through clenched teeth.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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All her mugging around the stage showed a lot of confidence, but running from corner to corner often resulted in out-of-breath bum notes.
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A single out-of-breath gargoyle gasped through clenched teeth.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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The end of the show usually consists of a slightly out-of-breath blocked writer falling into her desk chair and turning off her computer with the one finger that she can still use after all of the gyrations that went on during the one-woman show.
Writer's Block | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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A disheveled, slightly out-of-breath William Riker stepped across the threshold.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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Sir Frederick rang a bell on a thick cord behind his desk and, when an out-of-breath maid appeared, asked for a pot of tea.
KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010
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Sir Frederick rang a bell on a thick cord behind his desk and, when an out-of-breath maid appeared, asked for a pot of tea.
KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010
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A disheveled, slightly out-of-breath William Riker stepped across the threshold.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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A disheveled, slightly out-of-breath William Riker stepped across the threshold.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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He almost ran into an out-of-breath guard just stepping up to the battlements.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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