wheezing

Example Sentences

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Smoke exposure during the fires also took a toll: 40% reported worsening respiratory symptoms, including coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Some 29% of parents surveyed said their child has had wheezing or breath whistling in the past, most in the last 12 months.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

Chests were wheezing, legs cramping, hearts fluttering, rain falling.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

The rest of the world falls away, until there are only the sounds of my steady inhalation and exhalation in contrast with his rattling, wheezing breath.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed