wheeze

If this week shows anything, though, this wheeze, like all such wheezes, has finally sown the seeds of its own obsolescence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Alesya’s dog really does wheeze when it walks.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024

But three days into a string of seven-hour rehearsals, her voice collapsed, the high notes so long her hallmark dissolving into a pitchy wheeze.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Preschool asthma/recurrent wheeze is a leading cause of hospital admissions in children and results in poor lung function which persists for decades.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

I close my eyes and take a deep breath, hearing the familiar wheeze of my lungs trying desperately to fill with air through the sea of mucus.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Such wheezes aren’t the most salient feature of the screenplay, though.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

They communicate through grunts, bellows and wheezes, a form of vocalization that plays a crucial role in the dynamics of the group.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2024

Whatever cunning wheezes No 10 conjures up, the hole the Conservatives need to climb out of is very deep.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023

Two and a half years after her infection, Rodríguez can accomplish most daily activities, but she becomes breathless and wheezes when she carries her toddler daughter or does chores such as mopping the floor.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

“When we’re...when we’re at...at the top,” Kelton wheezes between labored breaths and coughs, “we’ll...we’ll turn left...cut across to the...to the...”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Shares in Asia were mostly lower on Monday, with Tokyo the only major regional market to advance, after Wall Street wheezed to more losses with its worst week in six months.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023

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

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

“I’ve never been that sick,” he wheezed through his thick metal door.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

Ill Patrolman Mancuso leaned against the sergeant’s desk and wheezed, “You gotta tage me oud thad badroom. I can breed no more.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Over a wheezing harmonica and lightly strummed guitar, the title character sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

If inhaled at high levels, fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Smoke exposure during the fires also took a toll: 40% reported worsening respiratory symptoms, including coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

It's no mean feat, albeit both were a damp squib with Scotland wheezing their way to an early exit on each occasion without really landing a punch on, well, anyone.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

He clutched his undead ribs in wheezing fits of glee.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman