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Recent Examples of sucked
So, if you get sucked into the movie/video-game question, that’s on you.
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Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
The sound of the orchestra tuning up to me has always felt just like such a magical sound and then, of course, the curtains open and you’re sucked into this paper world.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
The outcome was already decided – an ugly display of basketball that was never competitive – but potentially losing Doncic proverbially sucked the oxygen out of the visitors’ locker room after the game.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
The show is an in-depth, outlandish and witty depiction of some of the world’s most deplorable — and the other folks who happen to get sucked into their manic orbits.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
As for the feces, they get sucked down into a bag at the bottom of the toilet.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Chaplin’s famous scene in Modern Times was a bit grislier, ending with him getting sucked into the conveyor belt itself.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Get one before this deal gets sucked dry.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
The sound of the orchestra tuning up to me has always felt just like such a magical sound and then, of course, the curtains open and you’re sucked into this paper world.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
The outcome was already decided – an ugly display of basketball that was never competitive – but potentially losing Doncic proverbially sucked the oxygen out of the visitors’ locker room after the game.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
The show is an in-depth, outlandish and witty depiction of some of the world’s most deplorable — and the other folks who happen to get sucked into their manic orbits.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
As for the feces, they get sucked down into a bag at the bottom of the toilet.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Chaplin’s famous scene in Modern Times was a bit grislier, ending with him getting sucked into the conveyor belt itself.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Get one before this deal gets sucked dry.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
smelled
Verb
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The house still smelled of timber, paint, concrete dust.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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The flesh looked like a human brain and smelled like rotten hamburger meat wrapped in gym socks wrapped in butt.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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