bated breath in English

noun

held breath; restrained breathing

Use "bated breath" in a sentence

1. Bated breath, with Bated breath, or baited breath refers to restraining one's breathing in anticipation or supplicance

2. Learn definitions, uses, and phrases with Bated breath.

3. See also: breath, hold with Bated breath Eagerly

4. Baited breath is a common misspelling of Bated breath.

5. With Bated breath definition: If you wait for something with Bated breath , you wait anxiously to find out what will Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

6. Examples: He waited for the answer with Bated breath

7. 'Bated breath' makes perfect sense once you know that

8. Bated breath is contained in 1 match in Merriam-Webster Dictionary

9. With Bated breath, with breath drawn in or held because of anticipation or suspense: We watched with Bated breath as the runners approached the finish line.

10. With silent lips and bated breath all stood with eyes fixed upon Jesus.

11. Sensing that there was something unusual behind it, he listened with bated breath.

12. Bated From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Bated bat‧ed / ˈbeɪtɪd / adjective → with Bated breath Examples from the Corpus Bated • I was waiting with Bated breath for him to say something, anything, that wasn't a cliche.

13. Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key, With Bated breath and whisp'ring humbleness,

14. I would be waiting every day bated breath wondering when the ax was going to fall.

15. Lessened the force of; with breath drawn in or held: She spoke with Bated breath.

16. With Bated breath and beating heart he moved toward the Rhetor (by which name the …

17. The Chairman's remarks were so Astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath

18. Bated Now usually only used in the phrase with Bated breath hushed and very ordinary or trivial ones

19. To the tall man with the flat face the assembly listened with eager looks, Bated breath, and open mouths

20. Bated Sentence Examples The words forced themselves out of her mouth and she gazed up at him with Bated breath

21. A relative of Bate appears in the phrase "with Bated breath," which describes what you do when you anxiously wait.

22. It may also refer to: In literature "With Bated breath", a quote from the earliest known use of the phrase, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (circa 1597); With Bated Breath, a drama by Bryden MacDonald that received the Lambda Literary Award for Drama in 2010

23. ‘Montreal waits with Bated breath until it is announced that the city's official bird is the… American Golden Finch!’ ‘The young ones were waiting with Bated breath to have a rendezvous with Kalam, for wherever he tours, a session with kids is very much part of his itinerary.’

24. Context examples “And the wood and stone, holy father?” asked Alleyne, with Bated breath, as he stared awe-struck at his precious relics

25. … So when you're waiting with Bated breath, … and you can think of that as aBated breath, … you're so eager, anxious, excited, or

26. Find 36 ways to say WITH Bated BREATH, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.

27. The expression with Bated breath is recorded as appearing for the first time in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice towards the end of the 16th century

28. Bate d is rarely used on its own as an adjective or verb anymore, but it lingers in the English language in the phrase Bated breath

29. THE NORSEMEN IN THE WEST R.M. BALLANTYNE His followers—in a compact body, in deep silence and with Bated breath—followed his steps and his example

30. So when you’re waiting with Bated breath (you can think of that as aBated breath), you’re so eager, anxious, excited, or frightened that you’re almost holding your breath

31. Aside from its meaning within the idiom "with Bated breath," bate as a verb can mean 1) to moderate or restrain, or 2) to lessen or diminish, among other definitions

32. (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) She was looking on with Bated breath, leaning slightly forward, so keen was her interest, one hand pressed to her breast, her cheek flushed, and in her eyes a great and amazed admiration.

33. Barbarities Call to Action!! As you all know many of us have been waiting with bated breath hoping that there would be some type of information about Barbarities volume 3 but sadly there has been no news regarding it while more and more new chapters are being released.