suck in
verb
sucked in; sucking in; sucks in
2
: to contract, flatten, and tighten (the abdomen) especially by inhaling deeply
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Examples of suck in in a Sentence
she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares
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The district has for years preached the importance of installing grates on some inlets to prevent people from getting sucked in when areas flood and stormwater rushes toward open drainage pipes, which are often out of sight below the waterline.
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Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 23 July 2024
Sudan’s civil war is sucking in waves of young men from around the increasingly unstable region.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
With the strongest storms, the inflow can be sucked in at 50-60-plus miles per hour.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 July 2024
Civil wars also have a bad habit of sucking in neighboring countries.
—Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 23 July 2024
Sudan’s civil war is sucking in waves of young men from around the increasingly unstable region.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
With the strongest storms, the inflow can be sucked in at 50-60-plus miles per hour.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 July 2024
Civil wars also have a bad habit of sucking in neighboring countries.
—Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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“Suck in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suck%20in. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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