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单词 breathlessly
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Definition of breathlessly in English:

breathlessly

adverb ˈbrɛθləsliˈbrɛθləsli
  • 1In a way that involves gasping for breath, typically due to exertion.

    breathlessly, we run faster and faster
    she laughed breathlessly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's not that there are fewer hours in the day; the problem is that so much of our time is spent racing around breathlessly.
    • The girl raced breathlessly away to reach her camp before the bell rang for "lights out."
    • He caught up to Sue, who was in fainting fits, and put her on the bed, after which he breathlessly summoned the landlady and ran out for a doctor.
    • In salsa, women are spun breathlessly around their men, and in some moves lift their skirts in the air.
    • The first shot we get of the title character is his puffing breathlessly across a rooftop, face buggy-eyed.
    • One of the kids runs up to the group and announces breathlessly: "Mom is making rich, chocolately Ovaltine!"
    • One evening, a boy ran into our kitchen, gabbling breathlessly that a tiger had entered the cowshed and killed a goat.
    • The artist danced animatedly, even breathlessly, to the lyrics of aggressive nationalism.
    • I ran breathlessly through the tide of darkness swiftly rolling in, and slowly the stalker melted away.
    • He told me that a doctor was needed and rushed me breathlessly back up the hill.
    1. 1.1 In a way that is characterized by great excitement or suspense.
      we breathlessly await their new release
      fan websites that are breathlessly updated
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She breathlessly tells her mother about the engagement.
      • She wisely chose the breathlessly excited guy in the audience to cater to, which made the whole shtick more entertaining.
      • The music is fluid, ethereal, and breathlessly beautiful from start to finish.
      • They are pitch perfect, carrying the audience breathlessly along on a wave of blackly comic repartee.
      • The newspapers were full of articles breathlessly praising the entrepreneurial acumen of Britain's new high-tech millionaires.
      • The gaming world breathlessly awaited this hyped new shooter, and it was met with equal measures of annoyed howling and blessed rapture.
      • It brings back memories of sitting mesmerized in front of the television, juice box in hand, waiting breathlessly to see what happened next.
      • Fitzgerald seemed gentle, almost girlish, breathlessly embracing his charmed fictional world.
      • The crowd hung breathlessly on every lyric and got two encores out of her.
      • Many are breathlessly waiting for next month's unemployment report and seeing how many manufacturing jobs there are in Ohio and Florida.

Definition of breathlessly in US English:

breathlessly

adverbˈbreTHləslēˈbrɛθləsli
  • 1In a way that involves gasping for breath, typically due to exertion.

    breathlessly, we run faster and faster
    she laughed breathlessly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's not that there are fewer hours in the day; the problem is that so much of our time is spent racing around breathlessly.
    • The girl raced breathlessly away to reach her camp before the bell rang for "lights out."
    • The first shot we get of the title character is his puffing breathlessly across a rooftop, face buggy-eyed.
    • I ran breathlessly through the tide of darkness swiftly rolling in, and slowly the stalker melted away.
    • One evening, a boy ran into our kitchen, gabbling breathlessly that a tiger had entered the cowshed and killed a goat.
    • He caught up to Sue, who was in fainting fits, and put her on the bed, after which he breathlessly summoned the landlady and ran out for a doctor.
    • One of the kids runs up to the group and announces breathlessly: "Mom is making rich, chocolately Ovaltine!"
    • In salsa, women are spun breathlessly around their men, and in some moves lift their skirts in the air.
    • The artist danced animatedly, even breathlessly, to the lyrics of aggressive nationalism.
    • He told me that a doctor was needed and rushed me breathlessly back up the hill.
    1. 1.1 In a way that is characterized by great excitement or suspense.
      we breathlessly await their new release
      fan websites that are breathlessly updated
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The music is fluid, ethereal, and breathlessly beautiful from start to finish.
      • Fitzgerald seemed gentle, almost girlish, breathlessly embracing his charmed fictional world.
      • She breathlessly tells her mother about the engagement.
      • It brings back memories of sitting mesmerized in front of the television, juice box in hand, waiting breathlessly to see what happened next.
      • Many are breathlessly waiting for next month's unemployment report and seeing how many manufacturing jobs there are in Ohio and Florida.
      • They are pitch perfect, carrying the audience breathlessly along on a wave of blackly comic repartee.
      • She wisely chose the breathlessly excited guy in the audience to cater to, which made the whole shtick more entertaining.
      • The gaming world breathlessly awaited this hyped new shooter, and it was met with equal measures of annoyed howling and blessed rapture.
      • The crowd hung breathlessly on every lyric and got two encores out of her.
      • The newspapers were full of articles breathlessly praising the entrepreneurial acumen of Britain's new high-tech millionaires.
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