He might as well give up and let it suck his breath away.

John Taylor sucked breath, as if he had changed his mind about something.

I sucked breath and begged the universe to stand still.

He breathed in deeply and sucked his breath as it came out.

Words unspoken weighed on them, sucking breath from the air.

"No better than can be expected, Uncle," he replied, and sucked breath between his teeth.

She sucked her breath in, annoyed with herself now.

Red sucked his breath in; whatever it was, it had hurt him.

My sister's husband's nephew's wife's cat sucked their baby's breath, and the poor innocent was all but gone when they found it.

He gave a deep groan, and I sucked my breath in sympathetically.