Thesaurus results for WHEEZE

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verb

ˈ(h)wēz

Definition of wheeze

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

as in whistle

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as in cliché

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Recent Examples of wheeze

Verb

The previous owners must have doused the property with chemicals, and as summer wheezed toward its smoky end, my lawn became less suburban ideal and more of a pop quiz in weed identification. — Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026 Since October, her youngest, now 7, has been coughing and wheezing a lot, especially at night. — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 May 2026

Noun

Meanwhile, their power play continued to sputter and wheeze, going 0 for 4 as part of a 2-for-34 funk. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025 Everyone understands that smoke causes respiratory problems; all of us cough and wheeze when the air becomes hazardous for weeks at a time. — Debra Hendrickson, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wheeze

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeze

Verb

Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
The power outages caused by storms that roared through the region nearly two weeks ago have one resident of this Rust Belt city literally gasping for air.

— Selina Guevara, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of gasp

Noun

Georgia Tech appeared to have run back a long fumble return to score the first points, but the play was ruled dead, the whistle having blown before the fumble.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Turns out, that advice might have been useful far beyond the final whistle.

— Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of whistle

Noun

The team used a mixture of zinc chloride and lithium bromide salts to dissolve the cellulose.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
The fire contained compounds from more than two dozen chemical families, including dangerous amounts of bromide, a naturally occurring element that can irritate the skin and mucus membranes.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of bromide

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The Row Frima pants $3,150 Track Star The track jacket is my fall answer to fashion’s (and my personal) ongoing love affair with sport—styled with a touch of Saint Laurent and Celine polish for everyday or taken full pro athlete à la Balenciaga.

— Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
The delivery person added that none of the canines appeared to have access to food or sufficient water, and that all the animals were panting.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of pant

Noun

Wolff was only the eighth woman to drive a Formula 1 car (four more have done it since); the role, a now-commonplace one that includes driving the simulator during Grand Prix weekends to inform trackside strategy, was created for her.

— Danielle McNally, InStyle, 28 May 2026
The videos are often integrated into larger montages of drone strikes, underscoring how commonplace these drones have become for Russian forces.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

Definition of commonplace

Noun

In between some of the manager’s more clip-worthy quotes, there were more of his usual — and not incorrect — platitudes.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
And no, this isn’t the typical platitude a coach might share retroactively, after a former player becomes an all-time great.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026