Meaning of short of breath | Babel Free

Definitions

Short-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness.

not-comparable

Examples

“They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.”

“The sun is the same in a relative way / But you're older / Shorter of breath / And one day closer to death”

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