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Recent Examples of sucking
Once you’re done sucking away all that excess hair, use the detachable clipper to trim the hair without being tethered by a cord.
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Christine Persaud, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Since then, the Internet has gone about its immemorial business of destroying all incumbent forms of media; not content with vampirizing print, the digital space began sucking the life from pay-TV a dozen years ago.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Heroin addiction is soul sucking.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Managing up doesn't mean sucking up, heeding your boss' every whim, keeping any disagreement to yourself, or bending over backwards to make leaders happy.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
These sprays suffocate mites as well as the other sucking insects mentioned above.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
Aphids and Spider Mites These tiny, sap-sucking insects become more active in the fall, infesting flowering and fruiting plants.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
This undead, blood-sucking Transylvanian nobleman was the creation of the Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2025
Christine Persaud, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Since then, the Internet has gone about its immemorial business of destroying all incumbent forms of media; not content with vampirizing print, the digital space began sucking the life from pay-TV a dozen years ago.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Heroin addiction is soul sucking.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Managing up doesn't mean sucking up, heeding your boss' every whim, keeping any disagreement to yourself, or bending over backwards to make leaders happy.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
These sprays suffocate mites as well as the other sucking insects mentioned above.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
Aphids and Spider Mites These tiny, sap-sucking insects become more active in the fall, infesting flowering and fruiting plants.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
This undead, blood-sucking Transylvanian nobleman was the creation of the Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucking
Verb
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So, clean your garbage disposal once a month to have a fully performing appliance in a fresh smelling sink.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Rosemary Rosemary is a pleasant-smelling herb that’s a staple in kitchens worldwide.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With hundreds of Elanco employees gathered with blue confetti at the ready, Indy, a rescue shelter dog turned service-dog-in-training, performed the official ribbon cutting, or in this case ribbon biting.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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The slithering snakes and biting lyrics spelled out revenge.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Sucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucking. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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