- present participle of heave.
heaving
Example Sentences
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Flores said in the lawsuit that he began experiencing stress-related health problems including anxiety, dizziness, dry heaving and vomiting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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
An antidote to shoutier, perhaps less truly confident cities, there is an old joke that the local tourist board motto is: "Don't tell anyone or the place will be heaving."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
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
It took Moss a few seconds to realize it was Njemile, who sat with her back to the door, her breath heaving her chest up and down.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
