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I . gasp [gæsp, Brit gɑːsp] VB intr

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II . gasp [gæsp, Brit gɑːsp] N

last-ditch ADJ, last-gasp ADJ

Usage examples with gasp

to gasp for air
respirar com dificuldade
to be at one's last gasp
estar nos seus últimos estertores
he gave a gasp of astonishment
ele reprimiu um grito de espanto
to do sth at the last gasp
fazer a. c. no sufoco

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Your woollen industry is "in articulo mortis", gasping, struggling.
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Like a gasp, a yawn, or a moan, a sigh is often an automatic and unintentional act.
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Link remains silent in conversation, but grunts when attacking or injured, and gasps when surprised.
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Her illness is undefined and from time to time causes her great pain as she gasps for air.
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Audiences would gasp as he repeatedly fell from the board only to seemingly catch himself at the last moment.
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The son gasps and tries to enter but the mom stops him.
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I feel that in some ways what's happening in the mainstream is the last gasp of the old industry.
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The entire stadium gasped all at once when the impact occurred.
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They could sometimes feel the other's hot gasps on their bare arms.
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Strewth, gasped one of them, so that's what they're like!
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