Emotions & feelings
with bated breath
waiting nervously and excitedly
If you wait with bated breath, you wait with nervous excitement for something to happen or be announced.
Hear it in real life
Have they announced the result yet?
No, we're still waiting with bated breath.
The audience listened with bated breath as the final result was announced.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We waited with a bated breath for the results.
Say: We waited with bated breath for the results.
The expression “with bated breath” has no article before “bated breath.”
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How it fits in a sentence.
wait with bated breath; listen with bated breath
Your turn: say it out loud
The audience listened with bated breath as the final result was announced.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
with bated breath
waiting nervously and excitedly
“The audience listened with bated breath as the final result was announced.”
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