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
Health and Safety Concerns Proper ventilation is vital when using bleach because bleach fumes can be harmful if inhaled.
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Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Competitive freediving events demand that participants inhale nothing but normal air prior to a dive.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Inhale the Oils Using the Dry Evaporation Method The dry evaporation method is another way to inhale essential oils indirectly but effectively.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
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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.—
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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.—
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The cayenne pepper lingers on the tongue for a full minute after gulping the shot down.—
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By far the shortest book on this list, Cain’s classic noir can be gulped down in one sitting.—
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The company had hundreds of hours of sports to sell last year, with a February that is crammed with Olympics telecasts, Super Bowl programming and NBA matches.—
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Couples cooped up in one-bedroom apartments would seek two-bedrooms, and parents with kids crammed into two-bedrooms would crave more space in three-bedrooms.—
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“Inhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhale. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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