as in to gasp
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
the dog was panting heavily after his breakneck run across the field
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Eyes wide, panting near panic, Foster perfectly captures the audience's own fear of being alone in the dark with a monster.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
While in its kennel, a dog may pant more, lick its lips more often, or freeze, resembling a statue.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 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
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
While in its kennel, a dog may pant more, lick its lips more often, or freeze, resembling a statue.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 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
See All Example Sentences for pant
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“Pant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pant. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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