wheezing

Example Sentences

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If inhaled at high levels, fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

If inhaled at high levels, these fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 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

Asthma can cause wheezing, breathlessness, a tight chest and coughing.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

Valley seemed to be sobbing now and she made a high-pitched noise that sounded like wheezing, but when she straightened up and Seven saw her face, she was not crying.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega