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.