heaving

Example Sentences

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Heaving with fatigue and with sweat dripping off their foreheads, they train for an hour or two at a nearby centre.

From BBC • May 22, 2023

Heaving sobs, of course, aren’t necessarily an indication of cinematic excellence; there’s a reason why the term tearjerker carries dismissive connotations.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2018

Heaving with radioactive contamination Reilly served cups of tea to his three guests.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016

Heaving, he set the basket down on the tar paper.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2013

Heaving and plunging, the stallion labored through the mire.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander