diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
index 62d641b..a7380c9 100644
--- a/example.js
+++ b/example.js
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ import { render } from 'react-dom';
 import useWindowWidth from './';
 
 function App() {
+  let debouncedWindowWidth = useWindowWidth(500);
   let windowWidth = useWindowWidth();
-  return <pre>{JSON.stringify(windowWidth)}</pre>;
+  return [
+    <pre>Debounced: {JSON.stringify(debouncedWindowWidth)}</pre>,
+    <pre>Firehose: {JSON.stringify(windowWidth)}</pre>,
+  ];
 }
 
 render(<App />, window.root);
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index effa201..e266f6a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-'use strict';
+'use strict'
 let { useState, useEffect } = require('react');
 
 function getSize() {
@@ -8,13 +8,21 @@ function getSize() {
     outerHeight: window.outerHeight,
     outerWidth: window.outerWidth,
   };
-}
+};
 
-function useWindowSize() {
+function useWindowSize(debounceMs) {
   let [windowSize, setWindowSize] = useState(getSize());
 
+  let timeoutId;
+
   function handleResize() {
-    setWindowSize(getSize());
+    if (timeoutId) {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+    }
+
+    timeoutId = setTimeout(function() {
+      setWindowSize(getSize());
+    }, debounceMs);
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d0e966..42a755c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
       "./test-setup.js"
     ]
   }
-}
+}
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