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
The poor fell ow was panting like a bereaved porpoise and holding both hands over his heart.
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Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
The reopening of the Frick Collection, on April 17, following almost five years of renovations, should make everyone pant.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Some plot extensively for certain projects but pants others, adapting their method to each story’s needs.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
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
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Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
The reopening of the Frick Collection, on April 17, following almost five years of renovations, should make everyone pant.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Some plot extensively for certain projects but pants others, adapting their method to each story’s needs.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pant
gasp
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Trapped in a living prison and gasping for air, Kate must confront both real-life monsters of the deep and her inner demons as a desperate fight for survival and salvation unfolds.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
7 May 2025
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Now the Nuggets have no choice but to keep gasping for air and rolling with Oklahoma City’s punches.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 May 2025
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“Pant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pant. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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