pumps

Example Sentences

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By 2014, he had been fitted with an LVAD, a mechanical device that pumps blood around the body when the heart is too weak to do so.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

In many cases, that also means a lack of running water, which often depends on pumps that operate on electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Blood pressure measures the force of blood pushing against artery walls as the heart pumps.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

U.S. retail sales rose, but only modestly if higher prices at gas pumps are taken out of the equation.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“It’s Howdy Doody time! It’s Howdy Doody time!” he sings as he pumps my hand.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez