1
a
: a light gentle wind
b
: a wind of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) an hour
2
: something easily done : cinch
breezed; breezing
1
: to move swiftly and airily
breezed past the protesters
2
: to make progress quickly and easily
breezed through the exam
breezed to victory
: residue from the making of coke or charcoal
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Examples of breeze in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a warm spring breeze ruffled our hair
that assignment will be a breeze
Verb
Look who just breezed in!
He breezed past us without so much as a nod.
She breezed through the test.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Reigning world champion Thierry Neuville hit a patch of ice going into one hairpin and ripped the suspension off his car, limping back to the service park with a wheel dangling in the breeze.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
Ben Church, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
But none of the other five closers elected by the baseball writers just breezed on in.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Usually, the salty breeze brought with it the sounds of baby elephant seals calling to their moms in high pitched yells.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Reigning world champion Thierry Neuville hit a patch of ice going into one hairpin and ripped the suspension off his car, limping back to the service park with a wheel dangling in the breeze.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
While Świątek breezed to a 6-1, 6-2 victory, a double-bounce call at the end of the second set triggered yet more debate about how tennis uses its video technology.
—Ben Church, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
But none of the other five closers elected by the baseball writers just breezed on in.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeze. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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breeze
1 of 2 noun1
: a gentle wind
2
: something easy to do
the test was a breeze
breeze
2 of 2 verb
breezed; breezing
1
: to move quickly and lightly
look who just breezed in
2
: to proceed easily
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