How to Use bloodsucker in a Sentence

bloodsucker

noun

• Our landlord, the bloodsucker, just raised our rent again.
• And some of these bloodsuckers can be more than just a nuisance.
  — Adlai Coleman, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
• In a world overrun by bloodsuckers, there's a new vampire hunter on the loose.
  — Esquire, 1 Sep. 2016
• The half-inch-long bloodsuckers are up to five times bigger than a typical cat flea.
  — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
• The bloodsuckers perched on the tent screen, waiting for my dog Cora and me to emerge.
  — Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 July 2017
• As if dealing with fleas in your yard isn’t enough, these little bloodsuckers can infest your home, too.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
• As if dealing with fleas in your yard isn’t enough, these little bloodsuckers can infest your home, too.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2024
• As if dealing with fleas in your yard isn’t enough, these little bloodsuckers can infest your home, too.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025
• Dress as your own unique bloodsucker and paint the Alameda Elks Lodge red.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
• Medical science is training those pesky bloodsuckers to do just that.
  — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Fleas These bloodsuckers are out in force during the summer, so check your pets and yourself often.
  — Good Housekeeping, 6 Aug. 2017
• Plenty of the bloodsuckers live in urban parks and neighborhoods.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
• Landscape Your Yard The bitty bloodsuckers are drawn to places that are damp, dark and cool.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
• The suspenseful trailer shows the captors trying to figure out the best way to kill the young bloodsucker.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
• Yet even as mortal heroines embraced their bloodsucker paramours, storytellers held them at arm’s length.
  — Time, 11 Oct. 2022
• Daphnia pulex's common name comes from the fact that the translucent creature often appears deep red, like a bloodsucker.
  — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2011
• The team then dabbed a little sweat on the outside of the fabric, which immediately drew in the bloodsuckers.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 Aug. 2019
• The scientists hope to follow up and figure out how the ancient tick fits into the family tree of the bloodsuckers.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2017
• Weir, though, is the real prize here, a pint-sized marvel who is able to switch in a millisecond from sweet and innocent child to a rabid bloodsucker.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Oh, and a trio of baddie bloodsuckers from another coven are also interested in taking a bite.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2025
• Oh, and a trio of baddie bloodsuckers from another coven are also interested in taking a bite.
  — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
• For a bloodsucker, learning and remembering information about its hosts will help keep it alive, the authors write.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2015
• The bloodsuckers have been booming amid more extreme rainfall patterns and may continue to enjoy pools of standing water in the years to come.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
• Jacob Anderson stars as Louis, an immortal bloodsucker with a long life story to tell.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
• Through their bites, these bloodsuckers pick up the bacteria that cause Lyme disease from white-footed mice and then spread those microbes to people.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 11 July 2017
• Those methods have failed to make a tick detach and could also cause the tiny bloodsucker to regurgitate into the bite, causing other issues.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2021
• This Reagan-era standout brought the over-the-top gore but also plenty of camp in a coming-of-age story with teens becoming bloodsuckers.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
• To protect themselves from armies of bloodsuckers, researchers don mesh head nets, use bug dope with 40 percent Deet, and cover up with long sleeves and pants.
  — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 July 2013
• This Reagan-era standout brought the over-the-top gore but also plenty of camp in a coming-of-age story with teens becoming bloodsuckers.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
• These bloodsuckers need only a teaspoon of water to reproduce and, unlike the Culex, have an affinity for biting at all hours of the day.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024