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
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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Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
Wake up to river views and salty breezes at the Yorktown Beach Hotel.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
Jeremiah Estrada ended that inning on two pitches and breezed through the eighth inning on eight pitches.
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Noun
Hess and Rhoads say the transition from talking about beer to running a brewery has been a breeze.
—Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
Wake up to river views and salty breezes at the Yorktown Beach Hotel.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Verb
Paul then followed suit on Tuesday, breezing past British hope Johannus Monday without dropping a set.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
Jeremiah Estrada ended that inning on two pitches and breezed through the eighth inning on eight pitches.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
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“Breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeze. Accessed 29 Jul. 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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