wheezy
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Testing the human animal’s tolerance for plaintive fiddles, wheezy bagpipes, Peter Coyote and the whispery recitations of diary entries, “The American Revolution” is the most Ken Burns-y of Ken Burns series.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
While perfectly decent, “A Complete Unknown” is the kind of routine rock biopic that’s begun to sound as wheezy as a junk-shop accordion.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
“He was this stoic guy and then he started playing D&D and was like —” Curry broke into a wheezy, garbled voice, “—’I’m a goblin!’
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
One day last October, she started feeling wheezy with a tight chest, but by the evening her breathing was much better, and she went to bed after a long shower.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023
Mate sobbed out her story, her breath wheezy with the asthma she always got whenever she was upset.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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