Here we are, out for a run, laboring up a hill, our breath coming in shorter and shorter gasps.

Harvath's breath came in quick, short gasps as he ran uphill deeper into the village.

He gasped for breath, short gasps, one after another.

The lord began to sweat, drawing his breath in shallow, short gasps.

"It's okay, Jessie," he whispered on short gasps of air.

But then from nearer by he heard the soft sound of something or someone breathing in the hard, short gasps that clearly spoke of fear.

Alarmingly, her breathing was coming in shorter and shorter gasps.

Blaise said, breathing in hard, short gasps, "I am free of your blood before the god?

I had to get by with short, sharp gasps, trying to minimize the pain in my stomach.

She continued to breathe- short, shallow gasps for air.