A breathless flight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Explain! cried Old Hurricane, in breathless agitation. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
The men watched in breathless silence the battle-royal. From Wordnik.com. [Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest] Reference
"Will they do?" inquired Capitola, in breathless anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
The crowd watched the strange scene in breathless silence. From Wordnik.com. [Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice] Reference
Who can visit the Grand Canyon and not be in breathless awe?. From Wordnik.com. [Sacred places around us: Is Talpa a "power place"?] Reference
Watch in breathless awe as I get my personal pronouns mixed up. From Wordnik.com. [Kung Fu Night! Double Feature: The Swordsman II and Chocolate] Reference
The crowd watched, in breathless fascination, its last slow gasps. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
"It happened this morning," she went on in short breathless phrases. From Wordnik.com. [The Descent of Man and Other Stories] Reference
"Now what are we going to do?" whispered Nora, in breathless excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
Sit back and wait in breathless anticipation for your congratulatory email!. From Wordnik.com. [GIVEAWAY: The X-Files and Stargate: Atlantis DVDs] Reference
Trekkies everywhere have been waiting for this day in breathless anticipation. From Wordnik.com. [The Official Star Trek Trailer Debuts] Reference
As he spoke men listened in breathless silence, spellbound, by the low clear voice. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
A little breathless from the last few stairs, he sat down and reviewed this morning's work. From Wordnik.com. [Spice and the Devil's Cave] Reference
Together they waited in breathless suspense, while the speck drew nearer and assumed more definite shape. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons] Reference
Miss Grizzel stood perfectly still, looking up at the clock, Griselda beside her, in breathless expectation. From Wordnik.com. [The Cuckoo Clock] Reference
We ladies were quite breathless from the pace at which we had been walking, so our first essay at overwhelming. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters] Reference
Griselda stood in breathless expectation, but in her delight she could not help very softly clapping her hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Cuckoo Clock] Reference
But the first words which caught the ears of his audience acted like a spell, and seemed to hold them in breathless attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
The air was in breathless calm, not a needle quivered, and the least sounds of the camp were distinct and clear as trumpet calls. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forests of the North] Reference
"Here, Abbott, follow!" called the breathless Simon Jefferson. From Wordnik.com. [Fran] Reference
When owls call the breathless moon in the blue veil of the night. From Wordnik.com. [krazililme Diary Entry] Reference
I don't recall breathless reporters describing the nuances of Newt Gingrich's suit or the cut of. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Copeland: Clothes Make the Woman?] Reference
She felt a throb of it herself when she recalled the breathless moment at the supper table last evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
In the Foregate a kind of breathless hush brooded. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
I also think to the remake "breathless" with Richard Gere. From Wordnik.com. [La Petite Américaine Qui Parle Francais] Reference
There's a kind of breathless anxiety about every phase of the action taken overseas. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: Bush Looks Ahead] Reference
Fred runs the whole thing here with a kind of breathless Woodstein and Bernward glee. From Wordnik.com. [Our secret dossier revealed] Reference
More improtant, has the "breathless" 24/7 news cycle now replaced accuracy as a media ideal? '. From Wordnik.com. [Late Breaking���Sometimes Broken���News] Reference
Does this kind of breathless worldwide round-the-clock coverage inevitably distort the campaign?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2003] Reference
Meanwhile, the network is promoting the first five minutes of the season premiere as "breathless". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
She was looking at Norris with a new expression, a kind of breathless fear. From Wordnik.com. [Brand Blotters] Reference
He interrupted himself with a kind of breathless irritation at his own speech. From Wordnik.com. [Ziska] Reference
He paused in a kind of breathless agitation, and Dr. Dean grasped his arm firmly. From Wordnik.com. [Ziska] Reference
It seems like being in the presence of the dead, in a kind of breathless, waiting mystery. From Wordnik.com. [Floyd Grandon's Honor] Reference
"It was the other man!" said I, starting up with a strange kind of breathless terror upon me. From Wordnik.com. [Monsieur Maurice] Reference
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