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[ verb ] draw in (air)

Synonyms

inspire inhale

Examples

"Inhale deeply" "inhale the fresh mountain air" "The patient has trouble inspiring" "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

Used in print

(Genevieve Holden, Deadlier Than the Male....)

When they had gone , he stood for a minute breathing_in the mustiness of old paper and leather which the busily thrumming air conditioner could n't quite dispel .

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