as in to gasp
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
the dog was panting heavily after his breakneck run across the field
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Recent Examples of pant
Some see this version of him as containment, a player without his old spring and who pants a little more during recovery runs.
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Eyes wide, panting near panic, Foster perfectly captures the audience's own fear of being alone in the dark with a monster.
—Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Good opposing coaches pants him every time (Loyola, of course, being a particularly painful example).
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Eyes wide, panting near panic, Foster perfectly captures the audience's own fear of being alone in the dark with a monster.
—Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Good opposing coaches pants him every time (Loyola, of course, being a particularly painful example).
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pant
gasp
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Barker gasped in recognition and delight.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Symptoms of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, resemble a cold, with a cough that usually worsens over weeks and can cause gasping, vomiting and difficulty breathing, the Pasadena Public Health Department said in a statement announcing the outbreak.—
Fedor Zarkhin,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Pant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pant. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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