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as in nursing
to give milk to from the breast
the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing
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Recent Examples of suckling
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
On Father’s Day starting at 2 p.m., the afternoon will be one big party at the Beacon Hill property, full of yard games, live reggae, slow-roasted suckling pig, baby back ribs, craft cocktails, Cajun swordfish, and bourbon-marinated steak tips.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Those people under him are suckling on his piggly-wiggly titties.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Their texture and design mimics a nipple, so babies respond well to the familiar suckling apparatus.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
On Father’s Day starting at 2 p.m., the afternoon will be one big party at the Beacon Hill property, full of yard games, live reggae, slow-roasted suckling pig, baby back ribs, craft cocktails, Cajun swordfish, and bourbon-marinated steak tips.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
Verb
The pups have the epicurean delight of suckling one of the highest fat-content milks in the animal kingdom.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Those people under him are suckling on his piggly-wiggly titties.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suckling
Noun
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Navratil’s efforts to boost performance at the struggling Swiss multinational have been hampered by a major infant formula recall.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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An infant and a man were rescued after winds blew them into the water at Belmont Harbor on Wednesday afternoon.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Even with Leonard off the court nursing his ankle and Mathurin having fouled out, the Clippers fought until the final buzzer.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
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Red Storm starting guard Ian Jackson, nursing a sprained right ankle, was available in uniform on the bench but did not play.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The newborn was found a few days later when firefighters began removing debris from the basement.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Among other recommendations, the committee last year recommended delaying the hepatitis B vaccine, typically given to newborns at birth.—
Chelsea Cirruzzo,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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When Heathcliff, a foundling, discovers that Cathy Earnshaw, the daughter of the impoverished Yorkshire lord who’s taken him in, has played a prank on him by putting eggs in his beds to be crushed, the boy plunges his fingers into the slippery puddle of yolk and albumen left behind.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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Cathy might be as uninhibited as Heathcliff when roaming the outdoors, but a woman of her status can’t be allowed to marry a foundling, especially one who now works for her family as a servant.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Number two, what a little time and compassion can do for neonates and orphans.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is a photo, too, of the doll itself, a nude little cherub packaged in a box designed to look like both a manger and an illuminated Bible.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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On Wednesday, Church authorities ordered the face covered and replaced, and crowds of photographers and curious onlookers gathered to watch the new work, which had become for the moment a faceless cherub.—
Camilla Alcini,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Suckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suckling. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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