wheeze
verb (used without object)
to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound.
had been wheezing
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past perfect progressiveof wheeze.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The old man had been wheezing and grunting painfully for some minutes, opening and shutting his hands, and actually scratching the table-cloth in his distress.
From Nautilus by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
The clock, which had been wheezing for some minutes like an old man preparing to cough, now struck nine.
From The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
