The walls turned black and she felt herself reeling, without breath, in the middle of the air, terrified at the drop that was coming.

Reed had been without breath the first time he'd laid eyes on her.

When he finally let her up, she lay back against the end of the tub, apparently without breath.

They hung without breath or heartbeat, each one screaming alone into silence.

He tried to fight the bonds that held him, but without breath he had no strength.

Death turned a page and, for a person without breath, managed a pretty good sigh.

She held the pressure until she was almost without breath herself.

He gasped without breath to shout, looking for her frantically.

Bert huffed out a laugh without much breath behind it.

"No," he spoke without breath, "I will not live that again!"