Pump

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"Pump" in a Sentence (42 examples)

The pump did not act as it should have.

Could you show me how to use this pump?

If you pump air into a tire, it expands.

The human heart is analogous to a pump.

The function of the heart is to pump blood.

The new trade accord will pump fresh blood into the international economy.

The village people had to pump water from the well by hand.

Since you do a lot of commuting, it stands to reason that using a smaller car would save you money at the pump.

Real men go to the gym to pump iron, not to do aerobics.

The heart serves to pump blood.

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This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute.

It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights.

This pump is out of order, but you can gas up at the next one.

Trump thinks: If I can actually end this war and lift sanctions on Russia, Russian oil will swamp the global market, it’ll drive down the price of gasoline at the pump and I will win the midterms.

Want a skin-stretching pump? Up the volume by using high-rep sets. A great pump is better than coming.

She gave the other girl a pump on her new bike.

Thus to and again to our paſtime we went, / And my Cards I play'd fairly to Jenny's content; / I work'd at her Pump till my Sucker grew dry, / Then I left pumping, a good Reaſon why.

I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.

I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.

The underlying cause of the warming is human activities pumping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But the reasons why marine heating is speeding up now are far from clear.

Pump him soundly, impudent Fellow.

‘So much the worse for him. I've had my eye on him for some time. He shall be prettily pumped upon.’

But pump not me for politics.

I had no idea why he wanted to be sociable, but as we chatted in there it suddenly occurred to me the fellow was trying to get at something - in fact, pumping me.

Occasionally, I've thought about the positive side of being involved with someone with your privileges. I have thought that it's a relief that your parents have money. In a pinch, if something were to happen, to either one of us, you could pump your parents for money. I hope it never gets to that but it's nice knowing that there's some rich in-laws out there.

"Did Dora just offer up that advice, or were you pumping her for information?" "Shoot, I outed my informant. I'm a terrible spy."

Thus to and again to our paſtime we went, / And my Cards I play'd fairly to Jenny's content; / I work'd at her Pump till my Sucker grew dry, / Then I left pumping, a good Reaſon why.

Pump my tight hole so long and hard that I can't walk or sit when you're done.

He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres.

I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race.

The waves were really pumping this morning.

Last night's party was really pumping.

Blackburn pumped long balls towards Diouf as they became increasingly desperate to salvage a point, but Wigan held on for a win that may prove crucial in their quest for Premier League survival.

People never pumped, just never never, but sometimes ye got smells.

Sure enough, rather than pumping a message to the Console window, you will now see a message box displaying your message

The CLR pumps messages automatically during a wait, reducing the likelihood of this but it can show up in native code.

c. 2012, Microsoft, .NET Framework 4.5 documentation for Marshal.CleanupUnusedObjectsInCurrentContext The interop system pumps messages while it attempts to clean up RCWs.

As quick as was el adrea, Tarzan of the Apes was quicker, and so the great beast crashed against a tree where he had expected to feel the soft flesh of man, while Tarzan, a couple of paces to the right, pumped another bullet into him that brought him clawing and roaring to his side.

He ran on, pumping another round up into his scattergun.

She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.

Gabriel's pumps were all unpinkt i' th' heel

Ballerine - or ballet pumps - are the Milanese woman's footwear 'de rigeur', and not just because there are so many cobbled streets to walk over and are therefore infinitely preferable to heels.

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