as in devouring
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 inhaling
For humans, those averse cues can range from using needles to inhaling smoke.
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New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
Doctors have raised alarms as young workers have been afflicted with silicosis, a deadly illness caused by inhaling particles of crystalline silica.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
State health officials warn that drinking or accidentally inhaling raw milk infected with H5N1 could lead to illness.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Silicosis is a long-term lung disease caused by inhaling very tiny crystalline particles of silicon dioxide, or silica, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), inhaling mold spores causes allergic reactions in some people.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
For the first time, scientists have found evidence that marine mammals could be inhaling microplastics, according to new research that detected the potentially harmful particles in the breath of bottlenose dolphins off the coasts of Louisiana and Florida.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
No firefighters have been injured battling the fire, but one person was transported to the hospital after inhaling smoke, Qualls said.
—Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The practice of dabbing is essentially heating a cannabis concentrate — often called a wax — to a very high temperature and then inhaling the smoke.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
Doctors have raised alarms as young workers have been afflicted with silicosis, a deadly illness caused by inhaling particles of crystalline silica.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
State health officials warn that drinking or accidentally inhaling raw milk infected with H5N1 could lead to illness.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Silicosis is a long-term lung disease caused by inhaling very tiny crystalline particles of silicon dioxide, or silica, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), inhaling mold spores causes allergic reactions in some people.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
For the first time, scientists have found evidence that marine mammals could be inhaling microplastics, according to new research that detected the potentially harmful particles in the breath of bottlenose dolphins off the coasts of Louisiana and Florida.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
No firefighters have been injured battling the fire, but one person was transported to the hospital after inhaling smoke, Qualls said.
—Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The practice of dabbing is essentially heating a cannabis concentrate — often called a wax — to a very high temperature and then inhaling the smoke.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Inhaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhaling. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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