Example Sentences

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Some days, when the Steampunk or Goth Weekends are on and the town is heaving, he makes much, much more, he tells me.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2020

The ground beneath retailers is heaving; most recently, it shifted under Forever 21, once one of the leading purveyors of fast fashion.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2019

Cash-strapped Venezuela, home to the world's biggest oil reserves, is heaving under a third year of recession, acute food and medicine shortages, triple-digit inflation, and rampant violent crime.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2016

Investment Mastery's office in Elstree is heaving with people, in spite of the Saturday morning sunshine.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2013

Except my mouth is dry and my chest is heaving.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements