Short of breath

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Short-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness. not-comparable

    "They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay."

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breathlessdyspnealdyspnoeic

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"They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay."

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