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
In the clip, Bieber keeps his face close to the camera while inhaling thick clouds of smoke and exhaling straight into the lens, giving a couple of cheeky smiles.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
Over time, those items break down into tiny bits that people can inhale, ingest, or absorb through their skin.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
Respiratory problems: Regurgitated stomach acids that reach the back of your throat can be inhaled and cause irritation in your lungs and airways.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 7 Mar. 2025
The respiratory crisis on Friday led to concerns about a new lung infection since Francis inhaled some vomit.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
Over time, those items break down into tiny bits that people can inhale, ingest, or absorb through their skin.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
Respiratory problems: Regurgitated stomach acids that reach the back of your throat can be inhaled and cause irritation in your lungs and airways.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 7 Mar. 2025
The respiratory crisis on Friday led to concerns about a new lung infection since Francis inhaled some vomit.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhale
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Welcome to The Shark Tank – also known as Rick Case Arena -- where NSU’s opponents get swarmed upon and devoured.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Now, though, astronomers have a better sense of where to hunt for any X-ray, radio, or visible-light signatures that are the telltale signs of an invisible black hole that's devouring everything nearby.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2025
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That would have been like the Celtics willingly trading, gulp, Paul Pierce to the Heat at one point.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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Vincent started gulping down studies and going to conferences, desperate to find a way to save his daughter.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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The train car was crammed with people sitting on the lower and upper berths, squatting in the aisles, and crowding the vestibule leading to the toilets, and this might have been the reason that Ganesh Rajwar was sitting in the open doorway, his feet on the metal stairs.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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That's because, in collaboration with Vapor Propulsion Labs (VPL) – the North American distributor for Bosch – the team had to come up with a unique way to cram the Performance Line SX motor into the frame.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Inhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhale. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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