Verb (used without object) : Asthma caused him to wheeze. ,The old locomotive wheezed into the station.    From Dictionary.com. 

His breath came in short wheezes; a senatorial roll of adipose tissue denied a fashionable set to his upturned coat collar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million] Reference

Not everything that 'wheezes' is asthma, and not every asthmatic is 'wheezing'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

"Let's get to the Gilded Ram," wheezes the trader.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Towers of the Sunset]

"Anna, I know you're still in there," she wheezes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anhedonia (excerpt 2)] Reference

Click to hear me read this story (wheezes and all).    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharon Glassman: Alternative Healthcare from an Alternative Country Band] Reference

Her voice wheezes and grates through the high notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whitney Houston] Reference

Cal listened at the spout and heard gulps and wheezes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cal]

It wheezes and gasps over anything onerous, like iTunes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not-quite Bonnie : Bev Vincent] Reference

He repeated this until she settled into whimpers and wheezes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bonesetter's Daughter]

Some of these cunning wheezes succeed, and some of them don't.    From Wordnik.com.  [September 2004] Reference

His flab oscillated with merriment, settled as the wheezes died.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great California Game]

One of its latest wheezes is to harmonise hate crime legislation.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Nearby a lifelike sick soldier wheezes in his hut at Valley Forge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington Slept Here] Reference

He slurs and wheezes - obviously had a stroke some time in the past.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

What is it about competitive markets that produces such clever wheezes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameron And Osborne In The Urinals] Reference

Its engine wheezes, tired wipers have etched half-moons on its windshield.    From Wordnik.com.  [Absolute Friends]

His mouth is half open, and his breath comes in wheezes, like he has asthma.    From Wordnik.com.  [It’s like this, cat] Reference

"My brother Sextus is the only poor sailor, probably because of his wheezes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grass Crown]

No! If he meant to stand again, he must just get the old wheezes off his chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silver Spoon] Reference

But the turret groans and wheezes and goes around, whether you look at it or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference

Julian, holding back wheezes with a herculean effort, told her that he loved her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Even Cowgirls Get The Blues]

The Festival of Festivus wheezes and moans its way into the world 'o' blogs today.    From Wordnik.com.  [The WritingYA Weblog: On, Dizzy, On, Dumpy! On, Groggy and Grumpy!] Reference

So is this the return of one of the greatest bookselling wheezes known to publishing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [TV book clubs: more powerful than the Booker prize] Reference

Update, 5/24: 'It's better in Italy because they still care about cinema,' he wheezes.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Cannes. Go Go Tales.] Reference

WHITFIELD: All right, the economy wheezes, you wonder how do I make the most of my money?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2008] Reference

No image arose in reply, and no sound intruded but faintly labored wheezes from the seer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stormwarden]

WILSON: French says he wheezes at night and that there's a grayish sputum when he coughs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Lung Compensation An Uphill Battle For Miners] Reference

Hassem felt weak; his breath came in uneven wheezes as the poison coursed through his body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan The Hunter]

Through the cracks, he could hear the woman breathing hard, laughter escaping her in wheezes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mirror Must Out] Reference

It wheezes and makes goblin-like noises whenever something is sent its way via my own fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference

Coalition Cameron has said that invoking monopoly law against wheezes like this would be daft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why can't the Newspaper Publishers Association launch its own app aggregator?] Reference

"All that wheezes is not asthma," says Dr. Joseph Zanga of the American Academy of Pediatrics.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Top 10 Health Worries] Reference

While the American musical wheezes its way toward extinction, American opera leaps and shouts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drag Queens And Kazoos] Reference

Wasting money on useless wheezes such as walk in centres, ""independent sector treatment centres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

"The Afghan border is one hundred eleven kilometers that way," the Lieutenant said between wheezes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cardinal of the Kremlin]