pumped

Example Sentences

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“They kind of got punched in the face, and then they went back to the gym and got pumped up,” Czin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

For now, prices are “in a holding pattern, waiting to see if the extra reserves pumped into the market run out before the patience of the warring parties,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Musk pumped millions of dollars into the lab, which he subsequently left.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Over the past decade, the Defense Department, including its cutting-edge research-funding body Darpa, has pumped tens of millions of dollars into the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“Deal!” the imp said, jumping forward to seize May’s hand, which it pumped furiously up and down.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley