An occasional, well-placed modifier describing your character's breath can help show readers their current emotional state.
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abnormal
accelerating
aching
agonized
asthmatic
audible
bated
breathless
bubbled
choked
choppy
clogged
controlled
deep
dilapidated
dry
ebbing
erratic
faltering
faint
flagging
flimsy
foul
fragile
fresh
free
frenzied
gasp
gasping
gentle
halted
hard
harsh
heaving
heavy
hissing
hot
huffy
hurried
jagged
labored
lathered
light
listless
liquid
loud
lurching
lusty
moist
muted
pained
panicked
panting
puff
quick
quickening
ragged
rapid
rancid
raspy
rattled
reedy
rhythmic
rickety
rough
rushed
scant
scarce
shaky
shallow
sharp
shattered
shuddering
silent
slow
sluggish
smooth
soft
sour
soundless
spurts
stale
stalling
startled
steady
steely
strained
stuttering
surging
tenuous
thick
thin
thready
tight
twisted
uneasy
uneven
unstable
unsteady
waning
warm
watery
wet
wheezing
windy
wispy
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