Words similar to gasping

Example sentences for: gasping

How can you use “gasping” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

As it snakes up and down the peaks and ridges, the wall conforms to a challenging topography, one that leaves many tourists gasping for breath.
"It was people who advocate democracy who sold us like cotton and cows from one plantation to another," he told a gasping crowd at New York's City College.
On television, we see close-up interviews with designers babbling tensely just before the show and gasping with relief and fatigue afterward.
Cohen, gasping at the size of Wolf's retainer--"for what?"
The class had broken into a light sweat, but was not gasping for air.