wheeze 1 of 2

as in to gasp
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty he was wheezing rapidly after a hard run

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wheeze

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noun

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Recent Examples of wheeze
Verb
The ancient rental car was also wheezing like a mean spirit was trapped inside the engine. J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 8 July 2024 Symptoms, which typically start within five to 30 minutes of contact with an allergen, include hives, swelling of the throat and other areas, wheezing and passing out. Meg Tirrell, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
Noun
But when the 2020 wildfires started pumping thick plumes of ugly black smoke into the southern California sky, the 41-year-old Los Angeles resident began to wheeze. Linda Carroll, TIME, 30 May 2024 But for those who sneeze, wheeze, and water as the world begins to bloom, pollen is a less-than-welcome companion to spring. Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 8 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for wheeze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeze
Verb
  • Photo: Courtesy of AMPAS The Winners … Best Picture: The Last Emperor Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wall Street Best Actress: Cher, Moonstruck Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor Half of the fun of poring over class photos is gasping at the most famous face tucked into the lineup.
    Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The audience gasped seeing a lion cub cowering inside.
    Michael Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The stands emptied quickly after the game’s final whistle.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
  • After the final whistle, Slot was unable to contain his frustrations with Oliver, confronting him on the field and earning a dismissal alongside his assistant Sipke Hulshoff.
    Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Kim Doggett walked outside last Sunday to find her chocolate cake on the floor of her back porch, brown paw prints on her new beige couch and a panting opossum lying on top of it.
    Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Indeed, by the time the procedure was finished, the rabbit was sitting up in its cage, looking around, and panting considerably less.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In the fires, palms went up with a whoosh, like matchsticks in hell.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • There were no other sounds in the universe save for the whoosh of an occasional breeze, and the colors changed every two minutes.
    Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • But my money’s on Baker, one of the world’s finest filmmakers who tells stories about characters Hollywood so often turns into cliches and leaves behind.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • All the cliches about how hard he’s worked in the weight room and on the football field … his work in the classroom is even more impressive, if not equally impressive.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The investigation was aided by video taken from another driver, who was inside his Tesla — equipped with a camera that police later accessed — and watched the teen zip by in a Hyundai, according to police.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Spidey zips, leaps and flips through traffic until his web-shooters run out, forcing him to land on the ground.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The two-dimensional characters communicate in bromides; Lena’s fellow privates, who suffer from the laziest defining characteristics (coarse Southern gal, proper preacher’s daughter, New Yorker), are the worst offenders.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In place of triumph-of-the-human-spirit bromides, though, what the book delivers is its own kind of cinema, harsh and true.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 2024
Noun
  • The hotel’s location is a gem for guests who want to ski the East Deer Valley terrain given Sterling chairlift, situated just one quick swoosh from Stein’s legendary ski concierge, provides direct access.
    Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Just below the back end of the Nike swoosh sits a bright orange ribbon.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Wheeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeze. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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