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How to use gasps in a sentence

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His breath came in quick, shallow gasps as anxiety and panic welled up inside him.
The raids were among the last gasps of a defeated McCarthyism that remained lethal to the bitter end.
Her throat felt dry and her eyes moistened as a tear jerked itself out, her breath turned to gasps of disbelief.
It's all told in flashback, as MacMurray gasps his story into a dictograph for Robinson to hear the following morning.
In the early songs it's nothing but pain, but in the sultry love ballads, the hurting man gasps his sigh of relief and release.
His breath came in short gasps as he walked on and on, driven by an insane energy, till he finally reached the riverside.
His breath was coming out in great ragged gasps and for a second she thought she was having an asthma attack.
He breathed in huge gulps of air as the heavy pounding flooded his ears, the pounding of his heart and the harsh gasps of air.
A massive jolt of turbulence shook the plane, and there were a few audible gasps.
Her breathing became shallower, short gasps for the air she needed in her lungs.
Musically this piece exists to excite gasps of admiration, if not downright adulation from the audience.
Many gasps were heard from a small crowd that had amassed above him, as he brought the sword to his side and faced his enemy.
He gasps as pain shoots down his right arm to his wrist and he drops the door stop.
Cathy's face screws up into a mask of rage, and Emily gasps beneath her white-knuckled grip.
Her body lurched, so thin the lightest touch would break her in half, heaving gasps of terror.
He seamed to be panting heavily, breathing in deep, short and furious gasps as if he had been running forever.
Anna's breath came in ragged gasps as she flew with all her might to Justin's house.
Sweat trickled over my clammy skin as ragged gasps echoed over the still silence of dark.
Her three-piece cream ensemble, complete with sequins and matching hat, drew gasps of admiration from the large crowd of onlookers.
After knocking over an empty wine bottle and a glass onto the carpet, he switches on the bedside lamp and gasps.
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He strove to speak words, but from his throat issued only clicking, slobbery grunts and gasps.
The fresh and unpolluted air acted like a cordial as he breathed it with long gasps of enjoyment.
I followed a few yards in the rear, hatless, with my breath coming in gasps.
The Elector's face was apoplectically purple from rage and haste, his breath came in wheezing gasps.
He got it out in gasps, winded by his short run and by the excitement that possessed him.
He was breathing in great gasps, and the air he breathed was thick and musty.
He took chances and got away with them, laughing at the girl's gasps of dismay.
When finally he was able to articulate it was in broken gasps.
There were sighs of comprehension, gasps of dolorous interest.
To announce it is to invite gasps or Brobdingnagian laughter.
Crabb gasps for breath, and declares that his horse will yet win.
Some of the girls gave little gasps of surprise, others, ohs!
On a hot night in the summer time Tottenham gasps in the streets.
There were gasps, explosive curses of bewilderment, amazement.
Whenever the cold water struck a sore spot there were gasps and ouches.
Then they came together again, the impact of their blows, their groans and gasps, and the swift flashings and shadow-movings telling plainly of the deadliness of the struggle.
The difficulties under which they had laboured all night, and which had found utterance in the most terrific gasps and snorts, are not to be conceived.
If I bring wee meringue shells into work, they bring gasps of disbelief.
Her lips were parted, and she was breathing, not softly as usual with her, but in long, heavy gasps, as though striving to get her lungs full at every breath.
As he approaches the climax of his effort, he pants and gasps for breath, and his eyes almost start from their sockets with the violence of his exertions.
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