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Recent Examples of sucking
The lesson of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's blood-sucking mockumentary?
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The Red Raiders took advantage, scoring two touchdowns in two minutes to take a soul-sucking 22-19 lead with two minutes left.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Battery life can be affected by many factors, but the MX Master 4’s haptic feedback is probably the most battery-sucking feature on the new mouse.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Eddie is happy to sit in the corner with Shane, sucking on his new veneers, and let the women tear each other to shreds, never getting involved.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Fans of the franchise should recognize the antagonist in the original film was also a Master Control Program, sucking up data from the government to become more powerful.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Megan Fox displays formidable comedic chops in the title role of a young woman who is turned into a blood-sucking fiend after she is assaulted by a group of alt-rocking Satanists.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
And for something entirely hands-free, grab this iRobot Roomba robot vacuum that can navigate your home all on its own, sucking up debris from hard floors and carpet in the process.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
But these findings come mostly from behavioral cues—sucking patterns, head turns or heart rate changes—rather than direct evidence from the brain.
—Meghie Rodrigues, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The Red Raiders took advantage, scoring two touchdowns in two minutes to take a soul-sucking 22-19 lead with two minutes left.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Battery life can be affected by many factors, but the MX Master 4’s haptic feedback is probably the most battery-sucking feature on the new mouse.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Eddie is happy to sit in the corner with Shane, sucking on his new veneers, and let the women tear each other to shreds, never getting involved.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Fans of the franchise should recognize the antagonist in the original film was also a Master Control Program, sucking up data from the government to become more powerful.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Megan Fox displays formidable comedic chops in the title role of a young woman who is turned into a blood-sucking fiend after she is assaulted by a group of alt-rocking Satanists.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
And for something entirely hands-free, grab this iRobot Roomba robot vacuum that can navigate your home all on its own, sucking up debris from hard floors and carpet in the process.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
But these findings come mostly from behavioral cues—sucking patterns, head turns or heart rate changes—rather than direct evidence from the brain.
—Meghie Rodrigues, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucking
Verb
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The woman’s husband, a scrawny man in a shabby work uniform, smelling of sewage, drooped behind the gurney.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Drew Barrymore Show previously went viral for Drew Barrymore smelling her own feet.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Catfish are biting well on liver.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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His owner, too, is learning on the job—like how to handle the puppy's biting stage.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Sucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucking. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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