Synonyms of gasping

gasping

verb

present participle of gasp

as in panting

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty

the runner was audibly gasping by the end of the marathon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• panting
• heaving
• wheezing
• choking
• snoring
• puffing
• blowing
• hyperventilating
• huffing
• gulping
• gagging
• being out of breath
• exhaling
• asphyxiating
• strangling
• stifling
• smothering
• snuffling
• expiring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gasping

Common symptoms of sleep apnea include loud snoring, gasping for air during the night, and waking up feeling tired. — Lindsay Curtis, HEALTH, 27 Sep. 2026

The restaurant next to the nearby police department is shuttered; the restaurant across the street from it is long dead, and the once-vibrant downtown — which generated revenue that benefited every neighborhood of the city — is gasping. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Pauses in breathing, gasping or daytime fatigue point to sleep apnea and require professional medical evaluation. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Previous visitors have reported temperature drops, phantom footsteps and the sound of a person gasping for air. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Loud persistent snoring, sudden gasping or choking for air, waking with a dry mouth and breathing pauses a partner usually notices first. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

Blocking and grunting turned into gasping as Roach sacked Bo Nix for a safety, putting his own football life in jeopardy. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026

Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

The power outages caused by storms that roared through the region nearly two weeks ago have one resident of this Rust Belt city literally gasping for air. — Selina Guevara, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026