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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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
Cuisinart 5-Speed Hand Mixer Mixing ingredients is a breeze with this hand mixer.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Several list members from the Hyatt hotel brand’s Pritzker family are also breezing around the Windy City, including J.B. Pritzker ($3.7 billion), the state’s billionaire governor.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Noun
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—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
Cuisinart 5-Speed Hand Mixer Mixing ingredients is a breeze with this hand mixer.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
Casey, a fixture in Pennsylvania politics, has breezed through his past reelection battles.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Several list members from the Hyatt hotel brand’s Pritzker family are also breezing around the Windy City, including J.B. Pritzker ($3.7 billion), the state’s billionaire governor.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeze. Accessed 5 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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