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
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.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
When inhaled, these particles enter the lungs and can then pass into the bloodstream, increasing people’s risk of heart disease and decreasing lung function.
—Katelyn Richard, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
It is inhaled in powder form, and typically administered using an inhaler device twice a day for five days.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Outside was given an exclusive first viewing of the special, in which host Cecilia Vega hikes to Base Camp, 17,600 feet, where the air is so thin that every breath feels like it’s inhaled through a straw.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
When inhaled, this dust scars lung tissue and can lead to silicosis, DPH said.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The study noted that these metals can increase the risk of inflammation and cytotoxicity—which causes cell death or severe damage—once inhaled.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The cabinets inhaled quarters as four players teamed up to brawl their way to save Maggie Simpson or battle Shredder across New York.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Instead, a heating element converts a nicotine liquid into a vapor that is inhaled.
—NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
When inhaled, these particles enter the lungs and can then pass into the bloodstream, increasing people’s risk of heart disease and decreasing lung function.
—Katelyn Richard, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
It is inhaled in powder form, and typically administered using an inhaler device twice a day for five days.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Outside was given an exclusive first viewing of the special, in which host Cecilia Vega hikes to Base Camp, 17,600 feet, where the air is so thin that every breath feels like it’s inhaled through a straw.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
When inhaled, this dust scars lung tissue and can lead to silicosis, DPH said.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The study noted that these metals can increase the risk of inflammation and cytotoxicity—which causes cell death or severe damage—once inhaled.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The cabinets inhaled quarters as four players teamed up to brawl their way to save Maggie Simpson or battle Shredder across New York.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Instead, a heating element converts a nicotine liquid into a vapor that is inhaled.
—NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhaled
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And devoured them again Saturday night at Viejas Arena in a sloppy 71-52 win that kept the Aztecs tied with Utah State atop the Mountain West at 5-0.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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There are now as many games as there are phones; what used to be a feast that everyone devoured together has been divvied up into a gazillion little snacks gobbled down willy-nilly.—
Rand Richards Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
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The venue was crammed with excitable 20- and 30-something women, among them Willa Bennett, the editor of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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For a month-and-a-half, part of the parking lot was crammed with film worker trucks and equipment — just for this single day of shooting, Cranfield said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Inhaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhaled. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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