wheeze
verb (used without object)
to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound.
are wheezing
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present progressiveof wheeze.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Two matches in and the champions are wheezing.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2015
Bamberger and Oswald’s message is clear: The canaries of the gas patch are wheezing and keeling over.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2014
Time for a Debt Haircut Ireland is struggling to cover its bank debt and U.S. homeowners are wheezing, too.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 30, 2010
Unfilled orders, which bulged at $5 billion in early 1960, are wheezing along at $3 billion.
From Time Magazine Archive
There’s a young woman with a scarf wrapped around her head leaning against her oxygen tank; others are wheezing terribly; some are disfigured or badly burned.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
