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wheeze

verb as in breathe roughly, heavily

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It’s like the quarterback and homecoming queen losing a popularity contest to a wheezing weirdo.

A snuffling, wheezing sound came from the corner.

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Her long, tragic sigh was like the final wheezing note played on the last accordion in all the world, moments before accordions became extinct.

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It's no mean feat, albeit both were a damp squib with Scotland wheezing their way to an early exit on each occasion without really landing a punch on, well, anyone.

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She splashed the water with her fins, and took long, wheezing breaths, and sprayed mist high into the air.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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