1
a
: a light gentle wind
b
: a wind of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) an hour
2
: something easily done : cinch
see also:
breezed; breezing
1
: to move swiftly and airily
breezed past the protesters
2
: to make progress quickly and easily
breezed through the exam
breezed to victory
: residue from the making of coke or charcoal
Examples of breeze in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a warm spring breeze ruffled our hair
that assignment will be a breeze
Verb
Look who just breezed in!
He breezed past us without so much as a nod.
She breezed through the test.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
The smoke from this fire is moving north and northwestward on Monday morning due to a light southeast breeze, but later on the smoke could hover over parts of western Broward County and then move westward.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Tanner Scott breezed through his scoreless eighth inning on nine pitches.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
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Noun
Parking is a breeze, with no Chicago O’Hare-style crowds.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
The smoke from this fire is moving north and northwestward on Monday morning due to a light southeast breeze, but later on the smoke could hover over parts of western Broward County and then move westward.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Verb
Long before drop-top Corvettes breezed through town, Albuquerque was a bastion of Spanish colonial and Native America cultures, a heritage that endures at 18th-century San Felipe de Neri Church in Old Town and the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Tanner Scott breezed through his scoreless eighth inning on nine pitches.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
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“Breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeze. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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breeze
1 of 2 noun1
: a gentle wind
2
: something easy to do
the test was a breeze
breeze
2 of 2 verb
breezed; breezing
1
: to move quickly and lightly
look who just breezed in
2
: to proceed easily
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