McAndrew took in a long, pained breath, wincing as his injured lung expanded.

His voice, when he spoke, came raggedly, between pained breaths.

Larsen sat rigid in his chair, but after twenty seconds he began to draw in shallow, pained breaths.

Duke drew pained breaths, he pressed a bandaged wrist against his chest and spoke slowly, but more steadily.

She drew a pained breath.

Kate heard O'Rourke shift his bad leg as they crouched there; she just caught the small intake of pained breath.

Iain Girardi let out a heartfelt pained breath.

"It's going to be a boy," Jill whispered, letting out a pained breath.

A pained breath, half-laugh, half-moan, puffed from his lips.

She made a minute adjustment, and Tach sucked in a pained breath.