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wheeze

[hweez, weez] / ʰwiz, wiz /


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Like the sound of a false leg, upon which every step becomes a little wheeze.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025

The tram cars rattle and wheeze, having not been updated in years.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

But three days into a string of seven-hour rehearsals, her voice collapsed, the high notes so long her hallmark dissolving into a pitchy wheeze.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

"The findings provide a significant advance in our understanding of lung inflammation in children with wheeze and suppurative lung disease," she said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

A humiliating sound emerged from Inej’s throat, a choked wheeze.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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