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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhale.

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Examples

  • "Using technology called ScentTrek, the living flower is isolated in a glass bell and special equipment 'inhales' the scent molecules, which are then analysed and recreated in a laboratory"

    Sunday sniffing... Marina Geigert 2008

  • According to the website, no actual roses were harmed in the creation of the scent; roses are fed into a, er, I'll just let them say it: "Using technology called ScentTrek, the living flower is isolated in a glass bell and special equipment 'inhales' the scent molecules, which are then analysed and recreated in a laboratory"

    Archive 2008-04-01 Marina Geigert 2008

  • According to the website, no actual roses were harmed in the creation of the scent; roses are fed into a, er, I'll just let them say it: "Using technology called ScentTrek, the living flower is isolated in a glass bell and special equipment 'inhales' the scent molecules, which are then analysed and recreated in a laboratory"

    Sunday sniffing... Marina Geigert 2008

  • I mean, the President still inhales oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide – JUST LIKE GEORGE W. BUSH – but it would be silly to focus on that similarity to the exclusion of other salient differences between the two.

    Matthew Yglesias » Obama Comes Out Swinging in Weekly Address 2009

  • She inhales and smiles weakly and sighs as he begins coaxing magic from metal and plastic strings.

    Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Jesús Just Wants to Play Guitar" Claudia Ricci 2011

  • Then, bowing above the bowl, he inhales the odor three times.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • She collapses back into the seat and inhales, pressing two fingers tight around the bridge of her nose, and turns to look out the window.

    Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

  • With the wind at his back, flowing through his Acapulco shirt, he inhales and smiles and waves at what looks like a friendly Somali, a fellow seaman smiling and waving too.

    The Pirate: Darwin's Chosen One Jason Henry McCormick 2011

  • She collapses back into the seat and inhales, pressing two fingers tight around the bridge of her nose, and turns to look out the window.

    Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

  • He inhales deeply, sucking in his gut, brings his shoulders back, and gazes back at her.

    The Mating Call Of The North American Female Sounds Like The Deep Bellow Of A Birthing Moose Erin Zulkoski 2011

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