Past tense of wheeze
regular verb
The past tense of wheeze is wheezed. The past participle is also wheezed.
Forms of wheeze
| Base form (V1) | wheeze /ʍiːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wheezed |
| Past participle (V3) | wheezed |
| Present participle | wheezing |
| Third person singular | wheezes |
Wheezed in a sentence
- If the air smelled even faintly of dog, Lionel coughed, wheezed and sneezed.2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 443)
- Elsie wheezed, laughter swelling her bosom.1988, Elizabeth Oldfield, Beware of Married Men, page 47
- "Ef he ain't de beatenest chil' !" she wheezed; "namin' dat monstrocious dawg after de Jedge !"1938, Chambers's Journal, volume 7, page 271. From the entry monstrocious
- At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43. From the entry debility
Meaning of wheeze
- verb To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
- verb To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.
- verb To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.
Questions about the past tense of wheeze
- What is the past tense of wheeze?
- The past tense of wheeze is wheezed.
- What is the past participle of wheeze?
- The past participle of wheeze is wheezed.
- Is wheeze a regular or irregular verb?
- Wheeze is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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