as in gasping
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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panting
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Kim Doggett walked outside last Sunday to find her chocolate cake on the floor of her back porch, brown paw prints on her new beige couch and a panting opossum lying on top of it.—
Dawn Sawyer,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025 -
Indeed, by the time the procedure was finished, the rabbit was sitting up in its cage, looking around, and panting considerably less.—
Nicola Twilley,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Hyperventilating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperventilating. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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