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
It started in mid-September with Vance, 5, who came down with RSV and wheezed so badly that his skin was pulling in and out of his ribs with every breath.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 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
A neighborhood resident wore a respirator inside his apartment and still wheezed for an hour with asthma.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2020
Miss Trixie opened her eyes and wheezed, “Am I retired?”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
