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Recent Examples of wheeze
Verb
There are no heroes here, just Kidman fully immersing herself in a character for whom every action is an attack, for whom every word is a wheeze, and for whom every movement looks labored.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025 Orlok cuts a formidable figure made even more disconcerting by his constant wheeze, rolling R’s and guttural dialogue.—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
The researchers wanted to find out whether exposure to the chemical compound triclosan might be linked to eczema, hay fever (allergic rhinitis), or wheezing in children.—New Atlas, 3 July 2025 In January of last year, DeSantis’ wheezing presidential campaign reported a payment of $2,300 for rent.—Ana Ceballos, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for wheeze
Things got testy with the Mammoth jamming away at Korpisalo after the whistle and Nikita Zadorov took issue with it, tussling with Brandon Tanev.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
The emotions as referee Thomas Bramall blew the final whistle, confirming Wrexham’s first defeat in five Championship games, provided a stark contrast.
The dog was panting and shifting from one foot to the other.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
The city, which is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is rich in porticoes—elegant arcaded structures that line the streets and allow the panting pedestrian, at any point, to flee the sunlight’s blaze and seek shade.
Spoofing slashers and their tired cliches with a new perspective, the comedy features Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine as good-natured hillbillies assumed to be backwoods psycho killers by a bunch of college students.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
To borrow a cliche, the M’s feel like the team of destiny.
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The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Exposure to chemical warfare agents—such as nerve gas—or to pyridostigmine bromide, a drug given to soldiers as a preventive measure against chemical attacks, may have played a role.
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Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.
They were pieced together for the show's pièce de résistance as a swoosh-y, crinkle-y multi-color Snufflapagus, the lovable character from Sesame Street.
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Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
The swoosh has faced headwinds in recent years as innovation slowed and sales declined.
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