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
When dust is inhaled, the particles can collect in your lungs and lead to respiratory issues.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Under Robinson’s leadership, a team of his firm’s attorneys fought and won an 18-year court battle on behalf of the state’s victims of brown lung, a disease that strikes textile workers who inhale particles from raw cotton.
—Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
All of these toxic chemicals are being inhaled into the body when individuals vape.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Each of his patients—like everyone—is already inhaling, drinking, and eating microplastics just by living in the world.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Under Robinson’s leadership, a team of his firm’s attorneys fought and won an 18-year court battle on behalf of the state’s victims of brown lung, a disease that strikes textile workers who inhale particles from raw cotton.
—Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
All of these toxic chemicals are being inhaled into the body when individuals vape.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Each of his patients—like everyone—is already inhaling, drinking, and eating microplastics just by living in the world.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhale
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This one is interesting with three nominations for The White Lotus and three nominations for Severance, leaving lone Paradise contender James Marsden a real shot at a win if the others devour each other.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tom Izzo and other Michigan State luminaries have been known to devour it.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The approach to town is via a narrow, curly and sometimes vehicle-crammed mountain road.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Inhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhale. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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