verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeply
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She turned back towards him, leant against the stove and inhaled deeply .
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Bethany inhaled deeply and made the embers glow.
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She lay back on the ground and inhaled deeply .
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Lighting the cigarette, she inhaled deeply , drawing in a suction of relief.
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Urquhart inhaled deeply and flexed his firm jaw.
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She inhaled deeply , her face a little shocked.
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She inhaled deeply and threw her head back to blow the smoke towards the ceiling.
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They inhale deeply , as if their very lives depended on that one breath.
■ NOUN
air
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If a person continually inhales odorous air , fatigue sets in, due to the adaptation of the nervous responses to the stimuli.
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As I step out the door, inhaling the cool air , I smell lightness and relief.
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Jamie walks me down to Brockley Cross, inhaling fresh air through his nostrils like Islanders sniff cocaine.
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The old man rose, walked to the back door, pushed it open and inhaled a lungful of air .
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She sighed and then inhaled the sweet scented air .
smoke
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He inhaled the smoke with obvious pleasure.
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I inhaled a mouthful of smoke and let it out slowly.
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The cops got coffee and cigarettes and sandwiches, but I had to make do with inhaling their used smoke .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Every time he inhaled, his lungs made an awful wheezing sound.
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It is dangerous to inhale the fumes produced by these chemicals.
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It was later determined that Burke had inhaled poisonous fumes.
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Stella lit up a cigarette and inhaled deeply.