wheeze
Example Sentences
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In mid-December, as the year wheezed toward its end and everyone collectively stared into the psychic refrigerator to see what was left, Merriam-Webster announced its 2025 word of the year: slop.
From Salon
At five months old this is Oscar's first winter and his first trip to A&E. His mum brought him in because he was wheezing and struggling to breathe.
From BBC
It’s like the quarterback and homecoming queen losing a popularity contest to a wheezing weirdo.
A snuffling, wheezing sound came from the corner.
From Literature
Her long, tragic sigh was like the final wheezing note played on the last accordion in all the world, moments before accordions became extinct.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
