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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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Though assembly isn’t exactly a breeze, the tree looks great in a room full of houseplants, and the individual branches can be popped in or out depending on your or your cats’ preferences—there are enough to cover the whole tree, or just partially, as my cats Circe and Scylla prefer.
—Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
Casey, a fixture in Pennsylvania politics, has breezed through his past reelection battles.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Balcony doors are flung open to the salty Mediterranean breeze.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Though assembly isn’t exactly a breeze, the tree looks great in a room full of houseplants, and the individual branches can be popped in or out depending on your or your cats’ preferences—there are enough to cover the whole tree, or just partially, as my cats Circe and Scylla prefer.
—Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Other issues of the day are breezed through with a couple of quick montages.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
Casey, a fixture in Pennsylvania politics, has breezed through his past reelection battles.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeze. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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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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