suck
verb (used with object)
to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue.
had sucked
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past perfectof suck.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“Technology had sucked so much of the oxygen out of the rest of the market,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 7, 2026
The trust was struggling to control rising costs that had sucked up its reserves, including a new, surprising culprit: the snowballing cost of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
“Wartime conscription had sucked in the bad along with the good,” she writes.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
R. M. Harman, one of the Ingress players who defended the Point Bonita Lighthouse, said that the game had certainly improved his exercise habits, even as it had sucked up much of his free time.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2016
Speculation was rampant that Messner and Habeler had sucked oxygen from miniature cylinders hidden in their clothing.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
