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adv. - With breath that has a husky or whistling sound

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Usage examples (16)
  • Verb (used without object) : Asthma caused him to wheeze. ,The old locomotive wheezed into the station
  • Behold: A wheezingly ancient well, circa 2002 sketch I did for DA’s own.
  • The captain guffawed wheezingly and the supercargo gave a short bark of derisive laughter.
  • It's the song where Dylan wheezingly sings about how he's thinking about Alicia Keyes and crying ... ..
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