catching your breath
- pausingStopping briefly mid-action
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- inhaleDraw air in
- gaspSudden sharp breath
- restCessation of activity
recovery · lungs · air · exhausted · moment · stillness · wheeze · sigh · oxygen · heartbeat · sweat · exertion · climb · sprint · altitude · relief · composure · steep
respiratory state
catching your breathgasping for air
hyperventilating · panting · suffocating · wheezing · choking
activity level
catching your breathsprinting
Maximum-speed locomotion on foot
pushing on · going all out · in the thick of it · at full speed · soldiering on
composure and readiness
catching your breathfalling apart
Gradually breaking into pieces
overwhelmed · frazzled · in a panic · coming undone · reeling