I could hardly breathe, and the next morning we started down, not up.

One second I could hardly breathe, and the next, it was gone.

I could hardly breathe under its weight, and certainly had no words for an answer.

Inside the house he could hardly breathe, outside there was too much air.

It was high time because one could now hardly breathe.

For a moment she could hardly breathe, it was that good.

If John could hardly breathe, she seemed to be doing fine.

The air was so cold we could hardly breathe it.

So was their leader, who still could hardly breathe, let alone fight back.

I could hardly breathe and he didn't even sound tired.