Idiom
take someone's breath away
Meaning
To make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The beautiful sunset took my breath away.”
“When she walked into the room wearing that stunning dress, it completely took his breath away.”
“The sheer scale of the mountain range, bathed in the golden light of dawn, took the traveler's breath away as he stood in silent awe.”
Examples
simple
“The beautiful sunset took my breath away.”
contextual
“When she walked into the room wearing that stunning dress, it completely took his breath away.”
complex
“The sheer scale of the mountain range, bathed in the golden light of dawn, took the traveler's breath away as he stood in silent awe.”
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