inhale

Example Sentences

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When extensions are heated during styling, they can also release chemicals into the air that users may inhale.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

The stores are packed on weekends with teens who inhale frozen yogurt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

The phrenic nerves contract and expand the diaphragm, which allows the lungs to inhale and exhale.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Each spoonful delivers a deep, full inhale as we tip it to our lips, then we hold our breath as we swallow before finally exhaling at the end.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

I press my face to the fabric and inhale, to see if it still smells like her.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan