breathlessness

Word origin

From breathless + -ness.

Used in a sentence

• “Climbing eight flights of stairs while the elevator is out of service can easily produce some breathlessness in people whose physical fitness is otherwise not noticeably impaired.”

• “Dickinson's longer lines and use of ampersands ^([Bronski means dashes]) creates a breathlessness that evokes sexual excitement, an urgency that precludes, or at least, overshadows thought.”

• “Since he'd entered the urgent care center, his breathlessness had only gotten worse, even though he'd been sitting quietly.”

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