pumping up

It is a wearying carousel of flashing lights and scary expressions pumping up and down in time to the music.

Santorum never would have had his surge without Foster Friess pumping up the Red, White, and Blue Fund.

The sportswriters—the older guys, especially—were co-conspirators, pumping up athletes even though they knew the truth.

Beck's been pumping up this super-patriot smorgasbord since last November.

Pumping up conflict, tension, and resentment might be good for ratings, but it's bad for the country.

Farther on the party came to an immense wind mill, which was employed in pumping up water.

Here and there a drop clings where it climbs; but, taking them on the whole, pumping-up is a slow business.

Even so, I believe the world's record for pumping up tires was broken on this occasion.

Not one leaf moving in the tules; all mighty still; they could hear the Injun pumping up blood, glug—glug—glug!

In many parts of the world these deposits of oil are obtained by sinking wells and pumping up the oil.