How to Use hyperventilate in a Sentence

hyperventilate

verb
Definition of hyperventilatenext
Synonyms for hyperventilatenext
  • The boy panicked and began hyperventilating.
  • The world was on fire, and Jan was hyperventilating from fear.
    — Author: Robin Abcarian, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Oct. 2017
  • In one scene Maisie freezes and hyperventilates, her eyes wide open, as Lex did when faced with raptors.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 22 June 2018
  • Finneran said two of his 12 players began hyperventilating due to the heat and had to leave the game.
    — Mike Nortrup, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Aug. 2019
  • A bit of context for the press The media can hyperventilate with a dozen layoffs here, a buyout program there.
    — The Hive, 5 May 2017
  • But Rittenhouse began to hyperventilate and stall his words as the discussion turned to his encounter with Joseph Rosenbaum at the edge of a Kenosha car lot.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2021
  • One of the dogs began hyperventilating and passed out but was revived with Narcan.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Walters walks down the center aisle, stopping for selfies with hyperventilating fans who find the courage to approach him.
    — Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Center Duke Clemens, a fifth-year senior, told Moore to calm down and breathe during spring practice when the young quarterback appeared to be on the verge of hyperventilating.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Fans have fingers crossed for tickets Hoosier fans hyperventilated at the prospect of being able to see Swift and her massive production in their backyard.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2023
  • As O’Leary’s news sank in, Palomba began to hyperventilate, and everything in her head felt jumbled.
    — Ruth Padawer, New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • Among the impressive lineup that night was a Pulitzer Prize winner, a poet laureate, and some dude from Long Island trying not to hyperventilate.
    — J. Bryan McGeever, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Approaching the first landing in July of 1969, each of them sat hyperventilating.
    — Brandon R. Brown, Smithsonian, 12 July 2019
  • The usual suspects have been hyperventilating about the latest secondhand report of something Pope Francis said to a gay man.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 25 May 2018
  • Hiaasen was known for his love of James Taylor, and used to tell a story about nearly hyperventilating during an interview with the singer-songwriter.
    — Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2018
  • But there’s another way of thinking about the Lakers that doesn’t require hyperventilating every second of every day of the NBA season.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
  • But Karmie struggled to give coherent answers to several questions and often broke down in tears on the stand, at times almost hyperventilating.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • For those grabbing for the paper bag after hyperventilating, NFL teams are more often than not in nickel defenses.
    — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • After complaining about extreme discomfort because his his hands were zip-tied behind his back for more than an hour, Zook began to hyperventilate and nearly passed out.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
  • All of this hyperactive, hyperventilating Peter Pan-ing can sometimes run a joke aground or get overly frantic, but that’s exactly the point.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The young model/actress and her mother/manager Teri hit the talk show circuit scoffing at the notion that Shields’ career was exploitative or worse, and the magazine covers and hyperventilating tabloids lapped it up.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Director-choreographer Benjamin Millepied now takes his shot at the warhorse, nixing the operatics themselves and just keeping the over-the-top, hyperventilating tone of Bizet’s doomed romance.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
  • These stories earned a good bit of news coverage, but one White House-shilling network in particular has been, more or less, hyperventilating for twelve consecutive hours now.
    — Luke Darby, GQ, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Ryan is not the only Republican trying to get reporters to stop hyperventilating about Democrats’ and Trump’s newfound inclination to at least discuss things.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
  • One witness said a group of women were wailing and hyperventilating in fear, some separated from their family members.
    — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 22 July 2019
  • Buzz60 The teenager accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school hyperventilated, threw up and then was calmed down by officers when he was caught after the massacre, according to a police report released Thursday.
    — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Some people have severe symptoms, says Dr. Samuel, hyperventilating multiple times a week or even daily.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Anxiety can manifest with feeling nervous, restless or tense, according to the Mayo Clinic, and can cause someone to hyperventilate or have trouble sleeping.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Physically, Mitchell was unstable and began to hyperventilate before falling to the ground.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Yep, just another reason why he’s idolized by every single player on the United States team, with players and coaches from opposing teams in the tournament nearly hyperventilating just seeing him across the field.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023

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