Explore Heaving through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like heave or rise. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Heaving meaning
present participle and gerund of heave
Synonyms of Heaving
Using Heaving
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of heave
- Useful related words include: heave, rise, ascent, ascension.
- In the example corpus, heaving often appears in combinations such as: heaving with, are heaving, is heaving.
Context around Heaving
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heaving
- In this selection, "heaving" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chests, newsroom, lessen, dancing, nightclub and crowds stand out and add context to how "heaving" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alive before heaving it up and also be heaving on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heaving" sits close to words such as aau, abandons and affections, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heaving
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The postwar G.O.P. is heaving its last breaths. (10 words)
The golf course is heaving with over 35,000 fans daily. (11 words)
I awoke suddenly to a loud crash and felt the roof heaving. (12 words)
Even though he had to help his family in the fields each day, heaving palm fruits high over his head and lobbing them onto trucks, his parents let him keep $6 a month to cover school fees so he could attend morning classes. (43 words)
For much of the last decade, it has felt like the traditional television industry has been running up a steeply-inclined treadmill, legs pumping and lungs heaving as the ground moves rapidly beneath its feet. (35 words)
Gyms across the capital are heaving in the first few days of January — before inevitably emptying out again a few short weeks later — but the great outdoors is the only training space Londoners really need. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aid agencies report hospitals are overwhelmed, generators lack fuel and shelters are heaving under the weight of an estimated 1.4 million displaced—more than half the population.
Five lung-searing times the recruits go through this rigorous regime, their chests heaving like spent swimmers from the exertion.
I was heaving and shaking as if I were wailing, but no tears were flowing, thus reinforcing my wife’s belief that I was trying to be funny.
She said: “When I’ve been on trams in rush hour, they are heaving – and it’s not fair to the dogs really because they get stressed and they panic a bit.
The expenses gag fixes The Newsreader firmly in journalism’s past, as does the newsroom heaving with bodies.
The golf course is heaving with over 35,000 fans daily.
The netball courts will also be heaving on the weekend with the Seagulls to begin another quest for a finals appearance with a big game against the Cobras.
There will be drain tiles installed on the south side of 51 Avenue to remove the groundwater and lessen heaving in the spring.
Elsewhere, the boom-boom of Burmese techno-rock and the strobe lights of the Levitate nightclub exclude conversation among the heaving dancing mass.
For much of the last decade, it has felt like the traditional television industry has been running up a steeply-inclined treadmill, legs pumping and lungs heaving as the ground moves rapidly beneath its feet.
I awoke suddenly to a loud crash and felt the roof heaving.
Other tourists have shown that in the morning, the Blue Lagoon is a slice of heaven at 8am, but by 1pm it's heaving with bodies and rammed with loungers.
The postwar G.O.P. is heaving its last breaths.
The rapper has recently gone viral after being spotted in a heaving nightclub… with his nose buried in a book.
Although it's not the biggest of Spoons, there are plenty of tables and the high ceilings mean it doesn't feel too claustrophobic when it's heaving with drinkers.
Baron puts his crown on and leaves Elias gasping and dry heaving.
Brad Fittler would prefer to see State of Origin at the end of the year when there is a better chance of it being played in front of heaving crowds.
Dahlem said he saw the pressure coming after his receivers were covered downfield and just tried to keep the play alive before heaving it up for Cepullio.
Even though he had to help his family in the fields each day, heaving palm fruits high over his head and lobbing them onto trucks, his parents let him keep $6 a month to cover school fees so he could attend morning classes.
Gyms across the capital are heaving in the first few days of January — before inevitably emptying out again a few short weeks later — but the great outdoors is the only training space Londoners really need.
Common combinations with heaving
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- heaving with 8×
- are heaving 5×
- is heaving 4×
- was heaving 2×
- heaving and 2×
- heaving in 2×
- the heaving 2×
- it's heaving 2×
- dry heaving 2×
- heaving it 2×