Meg didn't answer, and Kate could hear her speaking to someone in the low, trilling, breathless tone she used with men.

And your rockets," he added in a breathless tone, "they must be so big!

In quick, breathless tones, the stool pigeon gave the information that he had received.

I can sense in her breathless tones that there is more than curiosity at work here.

A young girl answered all of the medium's questionings in a breathless tone.

The stories often sound riveting and plausible, despite the breathless tone common to those who tell them.

"They tell me what to say," declared Larry, in his breathless tone.

"Take this to the city hall," ordered The Shadow, in a breathless tone.

But over the weekend, as the pace of events slowed, the breathless tone continued needlessly.

The breathless tone of the commercial should be enough to give viewers pause.