Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for heaving

heaving

noun as in panting

Strong matches

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Although in a heaving square, he was more at risk of being mobbed by a battalion of dignitaries than people who had come to see him.

From BBC

At a school where she leads thousands, she found herself very much alone, mouth open, chest heaving, crying and screaming again and again.

A heaving red brute froths and seethes behind a podium marked with the Presidential seal before tearing through the Rose Garden and leaving a swath of wreckage through the White House.

The director’s love of opera is what makes sense of this huge, heaving epic.

Love was attempting to throw the ball away to avoid a sack and a safety, heaving the ball blindly and into McCollough’s arms near the goal line.

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement