Example Sentences

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"The anger for me is done, they are sucking the life out of me. This is as bad as it's ever been and we are a club that has dropped down to League One football."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

Climate change is also altering rainfall patterns, pollution is compromising extant bodies of water, and agriculture and development are sucking underground reservoirs dry.

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2023

As A.I. companies are sucking up as much data as they can to train their systems, social platforms are starting to put their most valuable resource behind a paywall.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2023

And supercharged gas prices are sucking up precious resources at Sound Generations, which uses shuttles to bring older adults to meals and appointments across the area.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2022

I wait until they are sucking the grease from their fingers to ask, “So, what’s your story?”

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins