wheeze
verb (used without object)
to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound.
was wheezing
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past progressiveof wheeze.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was wheezing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Or anytime last month, when Meyer’s offense was wheezing out an average of less than 10 points a game en route to losing five in a row.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Meanwhile, the virus began its course around the young man’s household, starting with his 14-year-old brother, who is overweight and was wheezing, coughing and lethargic.
From Fox News ● Jul. 21, 2020
But members of the family started to fall ill one by one, starting with his 14-year-old brother, who is also overweight and was wheezing, coughing and lethargic.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2020
She stepped around the white mountain of smock, which was wheezing and snorting volcanically.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
