Thesaurus results for HYPERVENTILATE

hyperventilate

verb

ˌhī-pər-ˈven-tə-ˌlāt

as in to gasp

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty he was so nervous he began hyperventilating, and the extra oxygen made him dizzy

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Recent Examples of hyperventilate But as the huge company hyperventilates over the landmark decision and the possibility of a Ma Bell-type breakup, many of the marketers that feed the tech titan’s online advertising coffers are maintaining a relative calm. —

Adriana Lee, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 The first was Tom Weeks, the owner of the hyperventilating dog. —

By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024 Directly next door, Tom Weeks’ dog Jack Rabbit Slim started shaking and hyperventilating uncontrollably for hours on end; a vet placed him on the seizure medication Gabapentin. —

By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024 The 38-year-old gunman, who was hyperventilating, and the two hostages were taken to area hospitals for examination, just to be on the safe side, cops said. —

Bob Kappstatter, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for hyperventilate