diff --git a/channel/channel_test.go b/channel/channel_test.go
index 3e73b4d..bf1ba79 100644
--- a/channel/channel_test.go
+++ b/channel/channel_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func prepareChannel(
 	t *testing.T,
 	testName,
 	payloadFile string,
+	chanOpts ...util.Option,
 ) (*channel.Channel, *transport.File) {
 	l, _ := logging.NewInstance()
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func prepareChannel(
 		t.Errorf("%s: encountered error creating File Transport, error: %s", testName, err)
 	}
 
-	c, err := channel.NewChannel(l, transportObj)
+	c, err := channel.NewChannel(l, transportObj, chanOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("%s: encountered error creating Channel, error: %s", testName, err)
 	}
diff --git a/channel/read.go b/channel/read.go
index 5ce07cc..283060b 100644
--- a/channel/read.go
+++ b/channel/read.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (c *Channel) ReadAll() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // ReadUntilFuzzy reads until a fuzzy match of the input is found.
-func (c *Channel) ReadUntilFuzzy(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func (c *Channel) ReadUntilFuzzy(ctx context.Context, b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(b) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ func (c *Channel) ReadUntilFuzzy(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var rb []byte
 
 	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		default:
+		}
+
 		nb, err := c.Read()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -193,10 +199,16 @@ func (c *Channel) ReadUntilFuzzy(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 
 // ReadUntilExplicit reads bytes out of the channel Q object until the bytes b are seen in the
 // output. Once the bytes are seen all read bytes are returned.
-func (c *Channel) ReadUntilExplicit(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func (c *Channel) ReadUntilExplicit(ctx context.Context, b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var rb []byte
 
 	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		default:
+		}
+
 		nb, err := c.Read()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/channel/sendinput.go b/channel/sendinput.go
index d2e7385..d84a1e7 100644
--- a/channel/sendinput.go
+++ b/channel/sendinput.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (c *Channel) SendInputB(input []byte, opts ...util.Option) ([]byte, error)
 			return
 		}
 
-		_, err = readUntilF(input)
+		_, err = readUntilF(ctx, input)
 		if err != nil {
 			cr <- &result{b: b, err: err}
 
diff --git a/channel/sendinput_test.go b/channel/sendinput_test.go
index ebb0697..a6ededa 100644
--- a/channel/sendinput_test.go
+++ b/channel/sendinput_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/scrapli/scrapligo/driver/opoptions"
+	"github.com/scrapli/scrapligo/driver/options"
 
 	"github.com/scrapli/scrapligo/util"
 
@@ -132,3 +134,30 @@ func TestSendInput(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(testName, f)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSendCommandTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	input := readFile(t, "send-input-timeout-in.txt")
+
+	c, _ := prepareChannel(
+		t,
+		t.Name(),
+		"send-input-timeout-out.txt",
+		options.WithTimeoutOps(1*time.Millisecond),
+	)
+	_, err := c.SendInput(string(input))
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: expecting an error but got none", t.Name())
+	}
+
+	expectedErr := "errTimeoutError: channel timeout sending input to device"
+
+	if err.Error() != expectedErr {
+		t.Fatalf(
+			"%s: actual and expected errors do not match\nactual: %s\nexpected:%s",
+			t.Name(),
+			err.Error(),
+			expectedErr,
+		)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/channel/sendinteractive.go b/channel/sendinteractive.go
index b20dd40..771aef3 100644
--- a/channel/sendinteractive.go
+++ b/channel/sendinteractive.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (c *Channel) sendInteractive(
 	cr chan *result,
 	events []*SendInteractiveEvent,
 	op *OperationOptions,
-	readUntilF func(b []byte) ([]byte, error),
+	readUntilF func(ctx context.Context, b []byte) ([]byte, error),
 ) {
 	defer close(cr)
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (c *Channel) sendInteractive(
 		if e.ChannelResponse != "" && !e.HideInput {
 			var nb []byte
 
-			nb, err = readUntilF([]byte(e.ChannelInput))
+			nb, err = readUntilF(ctx, []byte(e.ChannelInput))
 			if err != nil {
 				cr <- &result{b: nil, err: err}
 
diff --git a/channel/test-fixtures/send-input-timeout-in.txt b/channel/test-fixtures/send-input-timeout-in.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..363b4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channel/test-fixtures/send-input-timeout-in.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+show running-config
diff --git a/channel/test-fixtures/send-input-timeout-out.txt b/channel/test-fixtures/send-input-timeout-out.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42681a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channel/test-fixtures/send-input-timeout-out.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RP/0/RP0/CPU0:iosxr75#terminal width 512
+RP/0/RP0/CPU0:iosxr75#terminal length 0
+RP/0/RP0/CPU0:iosxr75#show running-co