as in gasping
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 panting
Howard’s best comedies have a light, almost effortless touch, but this one is panting and gasping essentially from the opening frames.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Officers responding to the scene found the dog panting heavily, with excessive drool coating the back seat.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 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
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
Phoebe, our dog, was panting, nervous, and running in circles around Dave.
—Claire Cameron, Outside Online, 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
But there was a lot of panting and putting his head into his hands.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
There were also canvas-panting and pumpkin-decorating stations, among other exciting things for the kids to do.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Officers responding to the scene found the dog panting heavily, with excessive drool coating the back seat.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 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
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
Phoebe, our dog, was panting, nervous, and running in circles around Dave.
—Claire Cameron, Outside Online, 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
But there was a lot of panting and putting his head into his hands.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
There were also canvas-panting and pumpkin-decorating stations, among other exciting things for the kids to do.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panting
gasping
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The fears of my imagination, the possibility of losing a child due to one inattentive moment, all combined to leave me gasping for breath.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Their difficult, high-flying act left the judges and live audience gasping.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Panting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panting. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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