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heaving

[hee-ving] / ˈhi vɪŋ /




NOUN
panting
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Here, at a heaving Murrayfield stuffed with the expectant French, they found their complete self.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 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

Archer heaving a couple of sixes was the inspiration for Root to whip out his trademark - a reverse-scoop off Boland for a maximum.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Or what it feels like to ride the slow heaving of the ocean, pulsing like the heartbeat of the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

The once-subtle tug of the realms would become a heaving pull.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman