short-drawn

They swathed his body closely but not too tightly, wincing at the short-drawn breaths that signalled the damage within.

A River So Long 2010

“I fear you not, Sir Knight,” replied Rebecca, although her short-drawn breath seemed to belie the heroism of her accents; “my trust is strong, and I fear thee not.”

Ivanhoe 2004

As she advanced to him, however, she could discover by his short-drawn sobs that it was a paroxysm of mental agony.

Old Mortality 2004

They swathed his body closely but not too tightly, wincing at the short-drawn breaths that signalled the damage within.

Brother Cadfael's Penance Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1994

Whilst his antagonist, with inflamed features and short-drawn breath, and reeking with perspiration, was toiling after the ball, the Navarrese went through the same, or a greater amount of exertion, without the least appearance of distress.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various

` ` I fear you not, Sir Knight, '' replied Rebecca, although her short-drawn breath seemed to belie the heroism of her accents my trust is strong, and I fear thee not. ''

Ivanhoe 1892

Could Lucilla have looked through the floor, she would have seen Robert with elbows on the window-sill, and hands locked over his knitted brows; and could she have interpreted his short-drawn sighs, she would have heard, 'Poor child! poor child!

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

As she advanced to him, however, she could discover by his short-drawn sobs that it was a paroxysm of mental agony.

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

As she advanced to him, however, she could discover by his short-drawn sobs that it was a paroxysm of mental agony.

Old Mortality, Volume 2. Walter Scott 1801

"I fear you not, Sir Knight," replied Rebecca, although her short-drawn breath seemed to belie the heroism of her accents; "my trust is strong, and I fear thee not."

Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801