Definition of "breathless" []

• Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running. (adjective)
• Marked by the suspension of regular breathing, as from tension or excitement: a breathless audience. (adjective)
• Causing or capable of causing the suspension of regular breathing; tense or exciting: a breathless flight. (adjective)
• Not breathing; without breath. (adjective)
• Dead. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The air was in breathless calm, not a needle quivered, and the least sounds of the camp were distinct and clear as trumpet calls."
• "BEIJING mdash; China joined the world in breathless coverage of the Chilean mine rescue, but when a gas blast killed 21 Chinese miners and trapped ..."
• "BEIJING — China joined the world in breathless coverage of the Chilean mine rescue, but when a gas blast killed 21 Chinese miners and trapped 16 Saturday, the national TV evening news didn't say a word."