heaving

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After involuntarily dry-heaving, all I could think about was their mamas.

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  1. Upheaval; swell; rising; panting; palpitation. 'Tis such as you — That creep like shadows by him, and do sigh At each his needless heavings — such as you Nourish the cause of his awaking. Shak., W. T., ii. 3. Wave with wave no longer strives, Only a heaving of the deep survives, A telltale motion! Wordsworth, Evening Voluntaries, iii.

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  • The inciting incident for my near-heaving was a phone call about an issue that's now put to rest. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • After involuntarily dry-heaving, all I could think about was their mamas. —  Chattablogs
  • His account of diamond digging inclined me to think that coal-heaving is a much easier occupation, and more remunerative on the whole, except in the case of lucky diggers. —  Six Months at the Cape
  • "You and Tony can exercise your muscles coal-heaving, and incidentally make yourselves known in the neighbourhood as good if somewhat grimy patriots We had better take up our parts at once then," said Tony. —  El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
  • Her bosom was heaving, her eyes dilated, her cheeks flushed. —  The Forsyte Saga - Complete
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