Even the birds and insects seemed to have paused in their song, and the air hung breathless and waiting.

The air hung thick and breathless; he had to push through it, as if through gauze, to move ahead.

Humanity with all its fears, with all the hopes of future years; Is hanging breathless on thy fate!

Robespierre hung breathless upon her lips.

Tallien queried, and hung breathless on the man's lips as he would on those of an oracle.

With all its hopes for future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.

She asked his opinion and hung breathless on his reply.

Night fell, and most of the wind with it; the air hung hot and breathless.

The world hangs breathless and the stars look down.

The world seemed to be hanging breathless in the midst of a clustered cloud of them.