1. heaving - Noun
2. heaving - Adjective
3. heaving - Verb
of Heave
A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Source: Webster's dictionaryJust as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. Albert Schweitzer
A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. John Cheever
We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. Thomas Hood
She admired him; she was used to clutching her hands together in his wake and heaving audible sighs. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The wretched desert takes its form, the jackal proud and tight. In search of you, I feel my way, through the slowest heaving night. Whatever fear invents, I swear it makes no sense. I reach through the border fence. Come down, come talk to me. Peter Gabriel
Fifty feet of mast lay in the heaving water, downed lines and shrouds holding it there. Abby Sunderland