hyperventilated

past tense of hyperventilate
as in gasped
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty he was so nervous he began hyperventilating, and the extra oxygen made him dizzy

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gasped
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  • Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to those in the stands who gasped at the power during longer points.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to spectators who gasped at the power during longer points.
    Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Hyperventilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperventilated. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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