heaving

Example Sentences

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The gym, meanwhile, is "absolutely heaving with young people" at times, says Lauren Connis, head of health and wellbeing at Oldham Active in Manchester.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

It's Saturday afternoon and the tournament resembles a beach bash in full swing, costumed bodies heaving under the blazing sun.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

And it wasn’t lost on Rove that the spindly, excitable man narrating that story for them in a thick Hungarian accent “was once a 16-year-old picking up paving blocks and heaving them at Soviet tanks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Then Brooks shifts into the light thriller she’s teased since the opening notes of heaving, scratchy violins.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Finally, Pong knelt on the slippery wood boards, heaving and shaking.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat