wheezes 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of wheeze

wheezes

2 of 2

noun

plural of wheeze

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wheezes
Noun
The film wheezes through its less-than-80-minute running time, and no one seems all that sad to move on. Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheezes
Verb
  • Demerzel gasps, and for once Day isn’t preening in the mirror but bowing his head.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mrtka was actively involved between the whistles and after the whistle, using his size to clear the net and get under opponents’ skin.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My first true attempts at poetry were self-guided, painfully rhymed, drenched in abstractions and exhausted platitudes.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • His answers, typically, differ by just a few words and a few platitudes.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • She was similarly dressed to travel for Thursday’s departure in the aforementioned Ralph Lauren safari jacket and Loro Piana pants.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Our elders know how to make tools and sealskin pants the right way.
    Jennie Punter, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Incidents of such poisoning saw a sharp decline when the Food and Drug Administration phased out the use of bromides in pharmaceuticals between the mid 70s and late 1980s.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Once released, the dial zips back to its starting position.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Charter Club Women’s Quarter Zip Sweater Half zips are back!
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • New novels are rightly praised for breaking with traditional forms and criticized for turning to stale formulas and cliches.
    Nathaniel Moore September 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Just really not going to sit here and give some cliches.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, Schiffmann was more prone to citing postmodernist aphorisms and artists than famous venture capitalists and tech founders.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Which brings us back to the twin aphorisms that began this piece.
    George Pesansky, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Wheezes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheezes. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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