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wheeze

[hweez, weez] / ʰwiz, wiz /


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If this week shows anything, though, this wheeze, like all such wheezes, has finally sown the seeds of its own obsolescence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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

Preschool asthma/recurrent wheeze is a leading cause of hospital admissions in children and results in poor lung function which persists for decades.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

Seth’s cough had become worse, and after an afternoon smoking fish he’d started to wheeze and spit out green phlegm, but the master did nothing about it.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Such wheezes aren’t the most salient feature of the screenplay, though.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

They communicate through grunts, bellows and wheezes, a form of vocalization that plays a crucial role in the dynamics of the group.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2024

Whatever cunning wheezes No 10 conjures up, the hole the Conservatives need to climb out of is very deep.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023

Two and a half years after her infection, Rodríguez can accomplish most daily activities, but she becomes breathless and wheezes when she carries her toddler daughter or does chores such as mopping the floor.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

He has a red, red face that always makes him look like he’s on the verge of heatstroke or a heart attack, and he wheezes when he talks.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

Their offense has sputtered and wheezed, even as their defense has done its part to keep them in games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Shares in Asia were mostly lower on Monday, with Tokyo the only major regional market to advance, after Wall Street wheezed to more losses with its worst week in six months.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023

But I’m the kind of person who trained for, and wheezed his way through, a cycling tour of Provence with his dad, but who almost never rode to work.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2023

“I’ve never been that sick,” he wheezed through his thick metal door.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

Diana wheezed in a painful breath, trying not to panic at how hard it was to fill her lungs.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

Over a wheezing harmonica and lightly strummed guitar, the title character sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

"More serious but less common symptoms include wheezing, chest pains or severe cough. If you think you are having a medical emergency, seek immediate medical assistance."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

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 ● Dec. 10, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

She and Slopper ran up and down the hall a few times before Slopper, wheezing and holding his rounded side, huffed, “All right, enough, jeez. Let’s lay down a bit.”

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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