Definitions
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
Word origin
From breath + -less.
Used in a sentence
“In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me.”
“By that stage Sevilla were down to 10 men and Jorge Sampaoli, their manager, had been sent to the stands as a breathless encounter started to spiral out of control.”
“The plane buzzed on at a breathless speed. Bob had been in a plane before, and he had no fear. Indeed, but for the strange circumstances, he would have enjoyed that breathless rush through space.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Out of air”10 letters
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