inhale

We inhale and ingest them from almost everything we touch, breathe, eat and drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Did he inhale too deeply the vapors of power?

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Other humans could then inhale the particles or come into contact with them on the surface of objects.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

When extensions are heated during styling, they can also release chemicals into the air that users may inhale.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

I tried to take a deep breath, but my chest was too tight to inhale anything more than a choked gasp.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

"A child playing on the floor inhales even more because the concentrations of particles are greater closer to the ground."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024

Two or three times a day, Molly Pam, a 33-year-old chef and patient advocate in San Francisco, inhales nebulized blasts of colistin or aztreonam.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2022

After a few inhales through the nose and exhales through the mouth, Penelope felt that her wits were, if not directly about her, at least within arm’s reach.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

He inhaled it in a few days, and then reread it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Their tiny hairs contain toxins that may lead to itchy skin rashes, sore throats, breathing difficulties and eye irritation if touched or inhaled.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

If inhaled at high levels, fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

When it is inhaled, through smoking or in industrial settings, it can cause lung cancer, according to the World Health Organization.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

The griffin lifted his head and laid it in the crook of Mal’s elbow, and he inhaled her scent.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

That's when cold water can cause a sudden heart attack by increasing your heart rate, or making you gasp for breath and inhaling water directly into the lungs, leading to drowning.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The hopes of finding them alive were fading fast, since people can survive only so long trapped beneath the rubble without water while inhaling suffocating dust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Most often, people become infected with these viruses by inhaling aerosolized urine or droppings from infected rodents.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

Media reports in Singapore described a 19-year-old woman who died after inhaling three pearls while trying to suck through a partially blocked straw.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026

Dill released a long exhale as he left the building, as though he’d held his breath for the entire time he was inside to keep from inhaling whatever virulence the men imprisoned there harbored.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner