Example Sentences

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Leeches eat through fiber-optic cables only to become celebrities, interviewed on television.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

Leeches have solutions for all of these problems.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2019

Leeches would cling to her legs when she worked in the fields.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2018

Leeches are slug-like worms that don’t usually live inside of people, but we decided to include them in honor of Mr. Curly.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2014

"Leeches got into the Belle-products in the fourth treatment salon, and the room is in shambles. Maybe someone broke in?"

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton