inhaling

English

Verb

inhaling

1. present participle of inhale

Noun

inhaling (plural inhalings)

1. inhalation
   • 2001, Frederick Alan Casemore, Skylarks: For Myself, Lest I Forget, Or Die Unsung (page 171)

     Smoking was difficult, I had to have perfect timing, sticking my head as far out the tiny porthole as I could, and timing my puffs to the inhalings and exhalings of the ship.