pump

Example Sentences

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"People are incredibly excited and pumped up about the Australian Open. The players can feel that. The vibe is incredibly happy."

From BBC

“I grew up listening to this kind of music, so whenever I hear these songs, it just pumps me up.”

From Los Angeles Times

“A roiling, dark column pumped and convected up as a high cloud looking like dirty cauliflower but every knob moving,” he remembered.

From Literature

During climactic scenes he pumped thousands of gallons of fake blood through the sub.

From The Wall Street Journal

They also reviewed the spacecraft's interior layout, tested communication systems, and familiarized themselves with the sounds produced by Dragon's fans and pumps.

From Science Daily