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inhale

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"Breathe in"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈheɪl/Part of speech verbSorted aehilnStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To draw air, smoke, or another substance into the lungs.

Word origin

From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).

Used in a sentence

  • “Please. I’m starved.” Her gaze followed the man with the meatpies while she inhaled deeply, trying to hold onto the heavenly scent. […] “I find myself ravenous for meatpie.”
  • […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.
  • She had also forgotten both diet and protocol as she joined Sven in guzzling large cokes, practically inhaling fries and gravy, and rounding off the meal with double malts.

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