Thesaurus results for PANTED

panted

verb

past tense of pant

as in gasped

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 panted Pet owners spoke reassuringly to their dogs, who panted and pawed their owners, and to their mewing cats. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 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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gasped

Verb

Kiju looked at me, took my hand, and walked around the woman and out into the night air as those inside gasped and moved to help the vile woman.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Some of the more than 100 in attendance in the council chambers gasped or laughed when the town revealed that the fines have only amounted to $1,600 so far.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026