wheeze
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6.3
- noun
- /wiːz/
:
sibilancia
- Lucas looked at him for a while, waiting for the wheezing to subside, then nodded.
- viral wheeze
- wheeze and cough
- wheeze and tightness
It starts with a cough or a wheeze.
- It starts with a cough or a wheeze.
- Thank you, the glad accordion's wheeze in the chest.
Examples
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During the asthma attack, she struggled to breathe, making a distinct wheeze that alarmed her friends.
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Jocko made no sound, except for the wheezing in his strangled chest.
Fiction book (1994) -
Others have observed relations between early wheezing illnesses and lung function in later childhood.
Academic text (1999) -
His giggle changed to a wheezing, open-mouthed laugh that made it hard for him to speak.
Fiction book (1997) -
The man breathed with a slight wheezing sound as though having, having bronchial trouble.
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But the sound of her wheezing after a hard workout chilled Kelsey's blood.
Fiction book (1995) -
Mason listens to Madam Marie, listens to her wheezing breath, and he feels his arm burn warm.
Fiction book (1996) -
Doctors see a lot of tuberculosis, cough, wheezing, and breathlessness, and there is a lot of misdiagnosis.
Academic text (2010) -
Hoarseness, dyspnea, dysphagia, and wheezing are common and are often attributed to other causes.
Academic text (2001) -
Townsfolk also ailing from swollen joints, coughs, and wheezes trekked through the public healing halls in endless lines.
Fiction book (1993)
How Obstructed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wheeze comes from a simple imitation of the sound whee people make when they 'breathe' with difficulty, like a soft 'whistle' or hiss in the chest. So a wheeze is the noisy, husky 'breathing' sound you hear in asthma.