suck
verb (used with object)
to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue.
had been sucking
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past perfect progressiveof suck.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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A group of women who had been sucking lollipops for the duration to keep their mouths wet — nobody had water — screamed: “Oh, my God! Oh, my God!”
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2016
The tropical, stale heat the sidewalks had been sucking up all day hit me in the face like a last insult.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
I reached up to scratch my face and squished the wasp that had been sucking sugar off my cheek.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
Citra took guilty pleasure at the fact that the girl who had been sucking up to Rowan was one of those ejected.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
He had fallen into a deeper sleep with his mouth open just at dawn and it tasted as if he had been sucking on his foot all night.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
