Example Sentences

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The black water had leeched all warmth out of me, and my teeth chattered, but that may also have been because I was petrified out of my mind.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

His hands were in his pockets, and he looked sad and wistful, and maybe a bit faded, like something had leeched most of the color from him.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland