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
This waste was spread around the town through mud and dust, which the mothers inhaled while their babies were in utero.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
The pope inhaled a significant amount of mucus, marking another setback in his ongoing two-week struggle with a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
This is because the spores often become airborne, where they can be inhaled by people and animals.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
This experimental setup allowed the researchers to manipulate the seals’ inhaled oxygen and CO2 levels while monitoring their diving behavior.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
The pope inhaled a significant amount of mucus, marking another setback in his ongoing two-week struggle with a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
This is because the spores often become airborne, where they can be inhaled by people and animals.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
This experimental setup allowed the researchers to manipulate the seals’ inhaled oxygen and CO2 levels while monitoring their diving behavior.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhale
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Dislodged aphids rarely find their way back up and are often devoured by spiders and ground beetles.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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For decades, they were cast as invasive predators in American dining, displacing or devouring the small restaurants that came before.—
Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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That meant, gulp, 11 hot dogs had to be consumed in the game, which lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Papa uses this moment to gulp the wine in Elijah's cup.—
Holly Rizzuto Palker,
Parents,
27 Mar. 2025
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The result is that what was once a star core becomes a stellar remnant with the mass of the sun crammed down in a diameter of around 12 miles (20 kilometers).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands are crammed into squalid tent camps with dwindling food after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports more than a month ago.—
Isaac Scharf,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Inhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhale. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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