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second wind

second wind noun: a renewed feeling of energy after having reached the point of exhaustion.

Noun

second wind (plural second winds)

  1. A renewed feeling of energy after having reached the point of exhaustion.
    • There is no need to describe how they toiled back up the gorge. It was pretty hard work, but oddly enough everyone felt more cheerful. They were getting their second wind; and the word supper had had a wonderful effect.1951, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, London: Geoffrey Bles, →OCLC
    • Don't forget your second wind / sooner or later you'll feel that momentum kick in1985, Billy Joel, “You're Only Human (Second Wind)”

Examples of second wind in a sentence

  • As I get up to leave, she [Tracey Emin] gets a second wind and starts to rant about the state of education, the NHS, the Post Office, the contaminated blood scandal …2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The...
  • X gained a second wind last year when Mr.2025 July 9, Mike Isaac, Kate Conger, “X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving Elon Musk’s Platform”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...

Forms of second wind

pluralsecond winds

Questions about second wind

What does second wind mean?
Second wind means a renewed feeling of energy after having reached the point of exhaustion.
How do you use second wind in a sentence?
As I get up to leave, she [Tracey Emin] gets a second wind and starts to rant about the state of education, the NHS, the Post Office, the contaminated blood scandal …
What part of speech is second wind?
Second wind is a noun.
What is the plural of second wind?
The plural of second wind is second winds.

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  8. Second World
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  10. second year
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