intaking

Example Sentences

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“We don’t know because this is not a part of the landfill that’s currently intaking any of the garbage. It’s actually in an area that’s been dormant for about 30 years.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024

It was more than fitting, amid all this fizzing energy and near constant sharp intaking of breath, that Chris Woakes and Mark Wood were there at the end, having both cut heart-warmingly reassuring figures throughout.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

And in Dallas, FOX 44 reported that Operation Kindness partnered with the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter in Louisiana, intaking dog and cat evacuees.

From Fox News • Aug. 30, 2021

He soared, and nailed Palace Malice on the wire intaking fashion.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2013

Yet I will not deny that at the intaking of a town it is well to have good store of bombards.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir