Example Sentences

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He has inhaled from somewhere — certainly not from studying history — an immensely dumbed-down version of the philosophy that he imagines drove Napoleon and Hitler, and perhaps Alexander the Great and Peter the Great.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2025

“And Mother Brimworth has inhaled a terrible amount of smoke, Officer! She’s already quite frail and needs medical treatment immediately!”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

He has inhaled no flames, but he struck his head on something as he jumped.

From Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son by Garis, Howard R.

On the Grand Boulevards, it has skirmished with punch à la Toscane flavoured with Maraschino and with bitter almonds—and has inhaled as if in a dream.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

"That is, unless he has inhaled some of the flames and injured his lungs in some way."

From Bob Cook and the German Spy by Tomlinson, Paul Greene