as in gasped
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
he was wheezing rapidly after a hard run
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Ripa exclaimed after the audience gasped.—
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Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.—
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“Wheezed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheezed. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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