lung heave
Frequency: 3.01.5 per million words
describes the lungs moving up and down with great effort
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Examples (10)
- After running the marathon, his lungs began to heave for air.
- With every desperate gasp, her lungs would heave, struggling to get enough oxygen.
- The heavy smoke made his lungs heave and his throat burn.
- The climber's lungs heaved with the strain of the high altitude.
- He could feel his lungs heaving as he pushed the car uphill.
- Despite the pain, her lungs continued to heave rhythmically.
- The old man's lungs heaved after climbing just a single flight of stairs.
- I watched his chest rise and fall, his lungs heaving under the effort.
- Their lungs heaved in unison, a testament to their exhausting ordeal.
- The doctor listened to the patient's lungs heave with concern.