Heaves

//hiːvz//

Synonyms for "heaves" (19 found)

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Sample sentences

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Then again / a third tall shaft I grasp, with sinewy strain / and firm knees pressed against the sandy ground; / when O! shall tongue make utterance or refrain? / forth from below a dismal, groaning sound / heaves, and a piteous voice is wafted from the mound:

Source: tatoeba (6932251)

Scarce spake I, suddenly the bays divine / shook, and a trembling seized the temple door. / The mountain heaves, and from the opening shrine / loud moans the tripod. Prostrate on the floor / we her a voice:

Source: tatoeba (6970147)

I have the dry heaves, I rather just throw up and get it over with.

Source: wiktionary

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