wheeze

Example Sentences

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Her condition has become more manageable, but the 27-year-old said it’s still scary when her chest tightens and she starts to wheeze.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

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

We go up the stairs to the studio, slowly, so we won’t get out of breath: neither one of us wants to be caught out by the other in a middle-aged wheeze.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood