My mother began to speak, in a breathless rush, but my grandfather moved a hand to stop her.

Then words spilled from her in a breathless rush.

And then, because she was afraid of losing him, she let it all out in a breathless rush.

Without looking at either of his companions, he activated the voice pickup and spoke into it in a breathless rush.

In a breathless rush, Aasleen explained what they were seeing.

The time was 03.17, the words coming in a breathless rush.

She went into the kitchen in a kind of breathless rush, looking to see that I had shut the door safely behind her.

It all came out in one long breathless rush; only then did the speaker seem to realize that he hadn't heard a hello yet.

She spoke in a breathless rush, anxious not to leave out anything she needed to say.

He made the stairs in one breathless rush, expecting at any moment another, more accurate shot.