Lifting With Effort Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "HEAVING" which means:

noun
• • An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
• • Breathing heavily (as after exertion)
• • The act of lifting something with great effort
• • Throwing something heavy (with great effort)
verb
• • To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
• • To throw, cast.
• • To rise and fall.
• • To utter with effort.
• • To pull up with a rope or cable.
• • To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
• • To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
• • To displace (a vein, stratum).
• • To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
• • To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
• • To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
• • To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
• • To rob; to steal from; to plunder.
adjective
• • Crowded with people.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The heaving mass of people made it difficult to move through the crowd."
• • "She let out a heaving sigh of frustration."

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