Did you mean wheeze?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of wheeze.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to breathing with a whistling sound
Etymologies
- Middle English whesen, probably from Old Norse hvæsa, to hiss; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“I wedge a pillow behind her and she eases back, wheezing from the effort.”
“It was the best I'd felt all day, and I was wheezing from the ouch of it all.”
“Who -- me?" called a wheezing voice right in his ear.”
“Experiencing respiratory symptoms with the allergy, however — such as wheezing or runny nose — strongly predicts the likelihood that the allergy will persist considerably longer into childhood.”
“One is the perceived lack of control over one's environment that mold can create and the other is mold-related health problems such as wheezing, fatigue and colds.”
“Probably "wheezing" but where do they hire these people???”
“He sighed, the kind of wheezing noise a leather pillow sometimes makes when one sits on it.”
The Shadow of the Torturer
“I wonder whether this was only a coincidence or did that firearm, when used, emit a kind of wheezing sound?”
“The Dobermans would anonymously announce the attack with their rapid quiet padding of paws and a perverse kind of wheezing; but by then it was too late.”
“Even children without asthma can experience respiratory symptoms such as wheezing, coughing and difficulty breathing.”
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