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Recent Examples of sucking
Safety Kam Curl made a sliding catch at the Rams’ 22, and sucking the oxygen out of the 60,253 at Soldier Field.
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
This includes applying a tourniquet and cutting, sucking or icing the wound.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
Nguyen worries, however, that our urge to quantify the value of our lives and achievements is soul-sucking, and his worries are less fun to read about than his paeans to play.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 14 Jan. 2026
As the voice of Rumi, Ejae performed the lead vocals of all the songs for HUNTR/X, the movie's fictional k-pop girl group that moonlights as demon hunters who protect the world from soul-sucking monsters.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Some fawners are prone to approval-seeking behaviors, like pursuing prestigious but soul-sucking careers.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.
—Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Then there's the squat effect when the ship is in shallow water where the passage of the ship can cause a drop in pressure, sucking the hull downward.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
The unconscious boy is tethered to one of the villain's raw and life-sucking tentacles.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Dec. 2025
Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
This includes applying a tourniquet and cutting, sucking or icing the wound.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
Nguyen worries, however, that our urge to quantify the value of our lives and achievements is soul-sucking, and his worries are less fun to read about than his paeans to play.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 14 Jan. 2026
As the voice of Rumi, Ejae performed the lead vocals of all the songs for HUNTR/X, the movie's fictional k-pop girl group that moonlights as demon hunters who protect the world from soul-sucking monsters.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Some fawners are prone to approval-seeking behaviors, like pursuing prestigious but soul-sucking careers.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.
—Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Then there's the squat effect when the ship is in shallow water where the passage of the ship can cause a drop in pressure, sucking the hull downward.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
The unconscious boy is tethered to one of the villain's raw and life-sucking tentacles.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucking
Verb
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Spot cleaning helps keep your pillow looking and smelling fresh between full washes.—
Anyssa Roberts,
The Spruce,
26 Jan. 2026
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As with baking soda, this technique not only facilitates hair removal but also leaves carpets smelling fresh and clean.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The cold was biting at that hour, and people hurried about, thinking of autumn—a season as bitter and disagreeable as a sour apple that could nonetheless hold a beautiful day or two in store before the freeze set in, a sudden blue sky washed clean by the wind or rain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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The morning brings more biting cold and breezy conditions, again feeling like -5 to 5.—
Justin Lewis,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Sucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucking. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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