Example sentences for: pumping

How can you use “pumping” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Visitors flying into L.A. at night get a grand view of the network of traffic arteries, with cars and trucks surging along like blood corpuscles pumping through the veins of some living organism.

  • While my heart didn't get pumping, the slow, controlled movements did give my arms, legs, back, and stomach a good resistance workout.

  • In any of the bronze foundries, you’ll find the same medieval scene, with a boy apprentice pumping the bellows to keep a charcoal fire blazing while the smiths hammer away.

  • Take, for instance, the oil industry: Marketplaces for petrochemicals can be established online between businesses, but it would be illogical for a Web company to try and sell gasoline to a single consumer pumping gas.

  • The proton pumping is required for processes such as protein trafficking, receptor-mediated endocytosis, neurotransmitter release and intracellular pH regulation and waste management.


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