wheeze
verb (used without object)
to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound.
wheezed
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past participleof wheeze.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wheeze.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wheezeverb (used without object)to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound.
Example Sentences
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But I’m the kind of person who trained for, and wheezed his way through, a cycling tour of Provence with his dad, but who almost never rode to work.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2023
In a hallway, half a dozen patients wheezed on metal benches as oxygen tanks pumped air into their noses.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
At Detroit Country Day School, the football team wheezed its way up a steep slope known simply as “The Hill” on the backside of the leafy campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
Hours later, Aly coughed and wheezed in a cloud of chemical gas near the White House.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020
She wheezed heavily and looked at me, wide- eyed.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
