Breathe
Breathe verb - To inhale and exhale air.
Usage example: sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe
Wheeze is a synonym for breathe in puff topic. In some cases you can use "Wheeze" instead a verb "Breathe", when it comes to topics like activity, snort, inhale and exhale, take air in and let out. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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After Hellboy resurrects a long-dead Russian man named Ivan, the guy has to breathe in to speak and does so with a large wheeze.
Source: Vader Breath
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Wheeze and Breathe. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/breathe/wheeze
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