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
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.
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Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Phoebe, our dog, was panting, nervous, and running in circles around Dave.
—Claire Cameron, Outside Online, 3 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
The Pomeranians, Noel and Xena (named for the warrior princess, naturally), were maybe a bit too eager, panting in the arms of their mother, Cathy, president of the American Pomeranian Club, who was wearing a Chanel-reminiscent metallic tweed newsboy cap.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
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Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Phoebe, our dog, was panting, nervous, and running in circles around Dave.
—Claire Cameron, Outside Online, 3 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
The Pomeranians, Noel and Xena (named for the warrior princess, naturally), were maybe a bit too eager, panting in the arms of their mother, Cathy, president of the American Pomeranian Club, who was wearing a Chanel-reminiscent metallic tweed newsboy cap.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Pant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pant. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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