Definition of Hyperventilate

to breathe at a very rapid rate

Examples of Hyperventilate in a sentence

Erratic breathing while exercising can lead you to hyperventilate.  🔊

Diving into the freezing water, shock caused the capsized sailor to breathe rapidly and hyperventilate.  🔊

Nervous patients who become anxious and panic tend to breathe rapidly and hyperventilate.  🔊

The frightening movie made the audience members hyperventilate, their rapid breaths being uncontrollable.  🔊

Doctors tried to calm the pregnant woman’s breathing so that she would not hyperventilate.  🔊

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