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 Heat, wheezing into town after a double-overtime loss in Sacramento the night before, didn’t have Jimmy Butler and beat the Warriors by 16 points, capping a 3-3 homestand that felt more disastrous than decent considering context. Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 But in his next video, Pratt showed himself on the floor, wheezing. Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
Their latest wheeze to raise money is getting their caterers to invest. Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for wheeze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeze
Verb
  • Trapped in a living prison and gasping for air, Kate must confront both real-life monsters of the deep and her inner demons as a desperate fight for survival and salvation unfolds.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 May 2025
  • Now the Nuggets have no choice but to keep gasping for air and rolling with Oklahoma City’s punches.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, on Thursday in Basel, a small group of protesters blew whistles and waved flags to disrupt one of Raphael’s public rehearsals.
    Alex Marshall, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Bring your own watercraft and wear a personal flotation device and whistle.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • By halftime, Luka was panting like an old dog in August.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
  • Wallen has abandoned the panting rasp of his mid-twenties, and now performs with force and depth.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The door is heard to open with a whoosh and a hissing sound, but neither the door nor the plane exterior are shown in the aftermath.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The composers have a WarioWare library’s worth of FX: Tiny alarms for a shocked face; rippling winds to signal someone in deep thought; kitschy screams to ratchet up the suspense; the gratifying whoosh when a vote parchment is read.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The old cliche about a blind squirrel seems apropos for this group.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • All while staying far, far away from the tropes and cliches associated with your typical medical drama.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The pack sports an exterior laptop pocket for easy TSA access, catch-all zip pockets for passports and tickets, interior slip pockets for magazines and notebooks, two water bottle holders, a handy magnetic closure and a pass-through strap that attaches to rolling luggage.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
  • The 2-in-1 Tote Bag keeps your chaos chic with a snap strap for your laptop, zip pockets for the tiny stuff (pacifiers or lip balm, anyone?), and twin open slots for easy phone grabs mid-diaper change.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The teenage Miller invited Horowitz to speak at Santa Monica High School in the early aughts, entranced by his bromides against multiculturalism.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
  • South Carolina and other states had in the past had difficulty obtaining some drugs for lethal injections, including sodium thiopental and pancuronium bromide, due to shortages.
    Kristin Wright, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At the climax of the show, drones formed an arc and lit up one by one to look like the swoosh of a shooting star before the castle below them transformed into the crystalline centerpiece of the upcoming Abu Dhabi park.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • Or, simply hang up a hammock and sway to the sound of the stream, songbirds and the gentle swoosh of the wind through the trees.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025

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“Wheeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeze. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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