The students will heave a sigh of relief when the test is complete. From LearnThat.org.
He gave it a mighty heave. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Refusal to heave is universally considered resistance to capture. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident] Reference
Back to business: Top honors go to Thomas S.G. Lawrence, of Staten Island, N.Y., for his highly original and funny coinage heave-homemaker. From Wordnik.com. [Word Fugitives] Reference
'heave' - the surfacing lifts, often cracking, as a result of water in the subsoil below freezing and expanding. From Wordnik.com. [icLanarkshire] Reference
The nuts must be planted in ground that does not "heave" in the spring time when the frost goes out. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
The party's longtime leader and icon, Margaret Thatcher, had been ousted in an internal "heave" at the end of 1990. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Kinnock Lesson: Sold-Out Stadium Speeches Aren't Always a Good Thing] Reference
But even before she got to the word "heave," all nine heavers had dropped the rope and slogged wearily back onto the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Kendermore]
The word "heave," in fact, was always upon his tongue. From Wordnik.com. [By The Sea 1887] Reference
When the snow and ice began to thaw, it caused roads and footways to 'heave'. From Wordnik.com. [icLanarkshire] Reference
Fortunately the Warder was at the moment encouraging the Duke and Sydney to "heave" on the wheel. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow] Reference
I am lost inside the heave and ache and darkness. From Wordnik.com. [S OWN STORY(1)] Reference
The woman felt the Sentinel's chest heave up and down. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.10: To the Horizon] Reference
His head drooped and each breath came as a great heave. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
He watched her chest heave as he fumbled with the button. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Grass] Reference
I slip into the kitchen, heave open the refrigerator door. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Lives In My Shower] Reference
I'll wait hours, if need be, then heave up and push off. From Wordnik.com. [Magnets of Faith and Knowing] Reference
We're pretty sure the "full-body dry heave" won't make the cut. From Wordnik.com. [Bad dancing, begone: Science pinpoints the moves to catch ladies' eyes (Video)] Reference
You don't often see a guy get the heave-ho on a strike-one call. From Wordnik.com. [Brett Favre gets an injection in his ailing left ankle] Reference
He felt the warmth in his gut grow and heave against his chest. From Wordnik.com. [Old Egg] Reference
Another heave; and he jumped aboard, dragging the rail after him. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
It's a taste of stale heave, but I decide to stick with what I know. From Wordnik.com. [What Remains II] Reference
You sigh, a gusty sigh, your guts heave, shoulders rise and fall. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step, and There Are Lots] Reference
Every so often, his chest would heave, and he'd start thrashing again. From Wordnik.com. [When I Became a White Girl] Reference
The wood frame splinters, paint chips fly as I heave the window up, up. From Wordnik.com. [Long Moments] Reference
I will heave it out in waves, in rounded bellows, moving it into the world. From Wordnik.com. [Sectioned] Reference
She sat up and watched him reel forward then give a mighty heave backwards. From Wordnik.com. [Anniversary Cruise] Reference
But neither does it make sense simply to heave taxpayers 'money at automakers. From Wordnik.com. [How to Bail Out General Motors] Reference
That was his parting shot at the two men as he gave another heave at the rail. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
Michelle yelled, "OhGod!" and rushed for the bathroom to heave til she croaked. From Wordnik.com. [Rob's Send-off] Reference
We heave our bodies up onto a bench and I light her a Lucky Strike using my feet. From Wordnik.com. [Gorgeous World] Reference
“Alright,” I say, and take another sip of the stale heave. From Wordnik.com. [What Remains II] Reference
As for that lone Taylor incompletion, it was a heave out of bounds as he avoided a sack. From Wordnik.com. [Tyrod Taylor nearly perfect in scrimmage, draws Michael Vick comparison from Beamer] Reference
They shed no tears; they utter no cries: they heave no groans, they linger but a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
And, at every up shift, the automated manual transmission creates a nauseating heave and pitch. From Wordnik.com. [The Smart and I] Reference
Moeen Ali's dirty heave got as far as mid-off and was received almost as badly at Batty's delight. From Wordnik.com. [County cricket - live!] Reference
"Fuck's sake, Lois," Cerys said impatiently as her friend started to heave at the side of the road. From Wordnik.com. [Freshers: Part two - Cerys] Reference
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