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Recent Examples of sucked
The flood shoved furniture into walls, sucked photographs from drawers.
—
Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
What sucked was how it was handled.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Jordan Klepper hosted a segment where all the correspondents got sucked off to heaven, utilizing the show’s green screen to its best effect in years.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Don’t get sucked into an argument.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
This process sucked carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Prevention tactics On a recent weekday morning, a Sanimax driver pulled up to Concord Lanes and sucked out used cooking oil from a large bin on the side of the bowling alley.
—Nick Ferraro, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Prevention tactics On a recent weekday morning, a Sanimax driver pulled up to Concord Lanes and sucked out used cooking oil from a large bin on the side of the bowling alley.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
In places as far-flung as Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Serbia, from antiquity to the present day, tornadoes have sucked up aquatic creatures by the bushel and carried them several miles away.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
What sucked was how it was handled.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Jordan Klepper hosted a segment where all the correspondents got sucked off to heaven, utilizing the show’s green screen to its best effect in years.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Don’t get sucked into an argument.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
This process sucked carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Prevention tactics On a recent weekday morning, a Sanimax driver pulled up to Concord Lanes and sucked out used cooking oil from a large bin on the side of the bowling alley.
—Nick Ferraro, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Prevention tactics On a recent weekday morning, a Sanimax driver pulled up to Concord Lanes and sucked out used cooking oil from a large bin on the side of the bowling alley.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
In places as far-flung as Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Serbia, from antiquity to the present day, tornadoes have sucked up aquatic creatures by the bushel and carried them several miles away.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
Verb
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The Giants smelled blood in the water against a vulnerable Chargers offensive line.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The driver of a car that struck and killed a woman in Miami last week smelled like booze and had slurred speech, according to law enforcement officials.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Dolphins in their 33-8 loss in Indy stunk like Limburger cheese left in a car trunk.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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