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And, when he had wheezingly complied, they would arise under their loads, remark that it was real heartening, and hit the forward trail again.

From The Red One by London, Jack

He lay upon his back, his puffy hands folded across his spherical abdomen where his pantaloons met a sweaty pink-striped shirt; and he panted wheezingly through his nose.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton

"Dr. Bellair has not been consulted in this case," her father returned wheezingly.

From The Crux by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Thick layers of flannel swathed his throat, and from time to time, he coughed wheezingly, with the air of one who, having a cold, was determined to be conscientious about it.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Brown, Alice

Mother hastened to bring him a chair into which he wheezingly subsided.

From The Road to Providence by Daviess, Maria Thompson