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
Johnson said the leading cause of death for dogs who race in the Iditarod is aspiration pneumonia, which is when the dog inhales its own vomit.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Hall insightfully explained to the audience that while oral swabs can sometimes give false positives from inhaling secondhand smoke, urine tests remain the most reliable method for detecting marijuana use.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
These include diaphragmatic breathing (inhaling slowly through your nose then exhaling slowly through your mouth) and box breathing (inhaling for a count of four, holding your breath for four counts, then exhaling for four counts).
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Benzene, when ingested or inhaled in significant amounts, increases the risk of blood cancers like leukemia.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Hall insightfully explained to the audience that while oral swabs can sometimes give false positives from inhaling secondhand smoke, urine tests remain the most reliable method for detecting marijuana use.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
These include diaphragmatic breathing (inhaling slowly through your nose then exhaling slowly through your mouth) and box breathing (inhaling for a count of four, holding your breath for four counts, then exhaling for four counts).
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Benzene, when ingested or inhaled in significant amounts, increases the risk of blood cancers like leukemia.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 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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The terrifying moment, captured on camera by the kayaker’s father, showed the whale surfacing in the Strait of Magellan and gulping Adrian Simancas for a few moments before releasing him.—
Abel Alvarado,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2025
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The detective accepted the dare and gulped down the milk meant for the sergeant’s child, according to court papers.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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On the day of the Hamas attack on Israel, Shem Tov crammed into a car full of people trying to flee, but the militants shot at them.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Ravel survey makes for a three-hour evening of intense focus and finger work; the Prokofiev concerto probably crams the same amount of notes into about 35 minutes.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Inhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhale. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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