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inhaled

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in·hale  (n-hl)
v. in·haled, in·hal·ing, in·hales
v.tr.
1. To draw (air or smoke, for example) into the lungs by breathing; inspire.
2. Informal To consume rapidly or eagerly; devour: inhaled lunch and then rushed off to the meeting.
v.intr.
1. To breathe in; inspire.
2. To draw smoke into the lungs; puff.

[Latin inhlre, to breathe upon (meaning influenced by contrast with exhale) : in-, in; see in-2 + hlre, to breathe.]

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She opened her nostrils and inhaled with a mystic sensuousness; then she closed her lids.
When I had inhaled this air freely, I sought the conduit pipe, which conveyed to us the beneficial whiff, and I was not long in finding it.
She inhaled the odor of the blossoms and thrust them into the bosom of her white morning gown.
 
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