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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : breth-tey-king |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɛθˌteɪ kɪŋ |
Definition of breathtaking
Origin :- 1867, from breath + present participle of take (v.). Phrase to take (one's) breath away with astonishment or delight is from 1864. Breathtaking (n.) "act of taking breaths or a breath" is from 1620s. Related: Breathtakingly.
- adj beautiful, awesome
- While they waited, the village folk reaped a breathtaking harvest.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- The havoc wrought among the onrushing pack was breathtaking.
- Extract from : « Queen of the Black Coast » by Robert E. Howard
- He reveled in its beauty, its breathtaking panorama and its balance.
- Extract from : « The Inhabited » by Richard Wilson
- Why, the little devil looked like a siren and the bare feet in the net were breathtaking.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- The West knew that these institutions were dysfunctional – but not to which breathtaking extent.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
- He faced the grinning hunchback—and was greeted by a breathtaking spurt of the pink gas.
- Extract from : « The Copper-Clad World » by Harl Vincent
- The advancing wave of warriors halted with breathtaking abruptness, those behind the front rank crashing into it.
- Extract from : « The Return of Tharn » by Howard Carleton Browne
- Just then something, a breathtaking intuition—I'll never know what—made me turn my head.
- Extract from : « The Rustlers of Pecos County » by Zane Grey
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