as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily
inhaled the doughnuts so quickly that you would have missed it if you blinked
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Recent Examples of inhale
Inmates were also more than eight times as likely to be injured after inhaling smoke and particulates compared with other firefighters.
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 11 Jan. 2025
Remember, accidentally inhaling wildfire smoke can irritate your eyes, nose, throat, and lungs, per the CDC.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025
Instead, lie on your back and do 10 rounds of 4-7-8 breathing (inhaling for four seconds, holding it for seven and exhaling for eight).
—Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2025
As Palisades Fire Expands East Critical Warning For 100 Million Apple Users—New Hack Attack Confirmed
In addition, the particles can be inhaled deep into the lungs, causing lung injury resulting in shortness of breath, chest pain and wheezing.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 11 Jan. 2025
Remember, accidentally inhaling wildfire smoke can irritate your eyes, nose, throat, and lungs, per the CDC.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025
Instead, lie on your back and do 10 rounds of 4-7-8 breathing (inhaling for four seconds, holding it for seven and exhaling for eight).
—Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2025
As Palisades Fire Expands East Critical Warning For 100 Million Apple Users—New Hack Attack Confirmed
In addition, the particles can be inhaled deep into the lungs, causing lung injury resulting in shortness of breath, chest pain and wheezing.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhale
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That work will doubtlessly continue, and will continue to be devoured by fans who stand by him.—
Glen Weldon,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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This infrastructure is under threat from fires that could devour these landscapes that capture, filter and deliver water to one-quarter of Coloradans.—
Alan Salazar,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
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In a state of unimaginable desperation, Islam and his family would also turn to water, gulping it in desperate attempts to fill their stomachs.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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But being exposed to an ambient, low-level dose of germs is very different from gulping down a concentrated slug of them.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Hyde’s artsy, category-defying film can feel a bit chaotic at times, crammed with distracting splinters of key memories (unnecessary flashbacks in which different-looking younger actors embody the same character).—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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The norm at least since 2009 has been for parties to take power and then busily, eagerly try to cram their entire agenda into as short a time as possible.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Inhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhale. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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