as in devoured
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 inhaled
If inhaled, these fumes can lead to trouble breathing, eye and skin irritation, and in some cases, even death.
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Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
These particles can be inhaled and enter the lungs and bloodstream.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibitedunless in a prescribed inhaler.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
An autopsy showed the baby inhaled and swallowed the sanitation liquid used in the portable toilet, according to investigators.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
They can also be inhaled — particularly when heated during styling — and absorbed through a person’s hands.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026
Guardiola inhaled deeply when asked about the non-handball against Wolves last weekend and could have decided not to comment.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
These tiny water droplets—aerosol plumes, according to commercial cleaning expert Shari Cedar—can be inhaled and cover towels, countertops, and, yes, even your toothbrush after a flush.
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL’s lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
These particles can be inhaled and enter the lungs and bloodstream.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibitedunless in a prescribed inhaler.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
An autopsy showed the baby inhaled and swallowed the sanitation liquid used in the portable toilet, according to investigators.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
They can also be inhaled — particularly when heated during styling — and absorbed through a person’s hands.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026
Guardiola inhaled deeply when asked about the non-handball against Wolves last weekend and could have decided not to comment.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
These tiny water droplets—aerosol plumes, according to commercial cleaning expert Shari Cedar—can be inhaled and cover towels, countertops, and, yes, even your toothbrush after a flush.
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL’s lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhaled
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The worst parts of this geographic jumbling happened in the last few years, when the SEC continued mudsliding into the Big 12’s old turf, the Big Ten devoured the heart of the Pac-12 (the biggest Rubicon, IMO) and the ACC sought every coast except the Atlantic.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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In one settlement set to be devoured by London, Hester (Hera Hilmar) is waiting to exact revenge against Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving) for killing her mother, and young historian Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan) joins her incipient rebellion.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By the end of the Milan Cortina Olympics, 147 curling matches will have been crammed into 18 days.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Seven women were shown leaving for their post-pods tropical vacation with engagement rings on their fingers this season at the end of six episodes, which had multiple storylines crammed into the hourlong episodes.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Inhaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhaled. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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