Noun : the words came out in gasps.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : She gasped out the words.    From Dictionary.com. 

And so, in gasping and bitter sweat, these sons of.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHAPTER I] Reference

Two hours ago, Pete had been pulled gasping from a tank of jelly.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

I collapsed there, gasping from the pain of walking on my ruined leg.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2007 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Then Shari was talking, in short gasping bursts, half choking, half sobbing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Card Trick] Reference

Ellyn rolled over to Purceon's side, her breath coming in short, gasping fits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloodlines]

Then she saw that his face was almost purple, his eyes bloodshot, and his breath came in short, gasping pants.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bent Twig] Reference

Worn and mentally gasping from the experience, I greeted the other minds, and then made my report to the Many.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2009 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

'Oh!' she cried, interrupting him, speaking in short, gasping words, and answering not so much his words as his look.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Bretherton] Reference

He found Mali kneeling beside Biar's body, talking to him in short gasping words that made no sense and were raw with pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dragons of Krynn]

"We were kind of gasping for air there," Waddell said.    From Wordnik.com.  [NHL - National Hockey League - Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta] Reference

Paul, boots in hand, sat on the edge of his own bed, and heard a kind of gasping noise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

The outspoken and controversial commentator for "60 Minutes" leaves you laughing and kind of gasping at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2002] Reference

Each breath was drawn with a kind of gasping effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Ride With A Mad Horse In A Freight-Car 1898] Reference

I had got as far as that when there was a kind of gasping cry at my elbow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories] Reference

'Do come over here, Miss Anderson,' she sung out, kind of gasping for breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural] Reference

Denio described (the baby's) face turning red and when Myers removed his hand … she described the child 'gasping' for breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

But I had heard three or four parties kind of gasping to each other, had they seen what that Egbert Floud was doing in the other room?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Somewhere in Red Gap] Reference

This can disrupt sleep and leave you gasping for air.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 common disorders that steal sleep] Reference

He whirled, gasping and vomit-splotched — screaming!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mescaline Blues] Reference

Both will eventually surge, gasping, towards the light.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Rowe: Why Anne Rice Has Never Been More of a Christian] Reference

So far, Ammiano appears to have the mayor gasping for breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mayor Mixes It Up] Reference

You often find yourself laughing and gasping at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get That Mole Removed] Reference

Many of you are likely gasping in horror, but I've got my reasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [iPhone 3G S: Why I’m sticking with my stodgy 2G model for now] Reference

Nearby, Ramzi Salcin lies gasping for life through a plastic tube.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Muslim Town's Long Nightmare] Reference

Twentieth Century Fox may be gasping, but De Bont is quite happy, thank you.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Big Is Yours?] Reference

Buffy the vampire slayer's latest moves have left her fans gasping for breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rumble In The Media Jungle] Reference

Sure, Japan's economy is gasping, and few experts believe it will recover in 1999.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will The Rising Sun Shine?] Reference

They could hear blood gurgling from someone's throat and another gasping for breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making of a Massacre] Reference

Bush's deft crisis management once again left Democrats gasping for air-and air time.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Help Or Not To Help?] Reference

The tear gas burns my freshly shaven face; several classmates run out gasping for air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boot Camp: Training To Cover A War] Reference

Spends hours, usually late at night, gasping and wheezing until it seems he'll collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Know I'll Get Through This'] Reference

The table huddles around entranced like a primitive tribe gasping at the discovery of fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Villency: Testing the Torch] Reference

Marie-Jose Perec of France and Hollywood leaving crowds gasping at her speed and her beauty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Speed And Smiles] Reference

We can hear her struggling up the stairs, gasping and sobbing, and my father running down them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Frayn: The day my life changed] Reference

The tear gas burns my freshly shaven face; several classmates run out gasping for air and crying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boot Camp For Gonzos] Reference

Those from the towers themselves that were able to save themselves stumbled through the streets, dust laden, gasping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raymond J. Learsy: A Mosque Perhaps, but a Swimming Pool?] Reference

  Or so I thought until I swam a lap, rammed my head against a table corner, and sank, everything going black until I woke up gasping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dynamite] Reference