And though Ms. LuPone's online auction is much more modest - having so far brought in, by my estimate, some $3,000 - it has inspired its share of breathless enthusiasm.

She talks rapid-fire, with almost breathless enthusiasm.

His phlegmatic greeting made a pleasing change from his colleagues' breathless enthusiasm.

But what has made Ms. Marcovicci the club's most popular regular performer is the disparity between her personality and the bygone musical ethos she extols with such breathless enthusiasm.

But Mr. Wood's breathless enthusiasm and the evocative scenes, notably the festivals in India that continue to draw millions of villagers to Mother Ganges, carry one along.

This new picture maintains the relentless spirit of Fosse's blunt suavity and the breathless, black-silk enthusiasm of Kander and Ebb's songs.

The breathless enthusiasm of Gerald Marzorati's review in the New York Times Book Review ("not simply the finest rock-and-roll biography ever written.

As a tribute to his mentor Fela, D'banj brings Afrobeat to life and into the 21st century with breathless enthusiasm as well as a good dose of humour.

All it would take would be a hint of female gushiness, any kind of sloppy, breathless enthusiasm.

His tempo choices are excellent: in "Mein" he can convey breathless enthusiasm without compromising articulation.