Definition of "out-of-breath" []

• Breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty. (noun)
• Breathing laboriously or convulsively. (adjective)

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• "All her mugging around the stage showed a lot of confidence, but running from corner to corner often resulted in out-of-breath bum notes."
• "A single out-of-breath gargoyle gasped through clenched teeth."
• "Sir Frederick rang a bell on a thick cord behind his desk and, when an out-of-breath maid appeared, asked for a pot of tea."