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

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

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