suck
verb (used with object)
to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue.
has been sucking
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present perfect progressiveof suck (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The bloc has been sucking up U.S. diesel, crude oil and liquefied natural gas that it once purchased from Russia and the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
My 4-year-old has been sucking her thumb to get herself to sleep every night since she’s been weaned.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2018
For three months his dredging platform, two miles offshore, has been sucking up dirt from the sea bed and piping it ashore.
From Economist ● Aug. 24, 2017
Since the 1960s, the power plant has been sucking up groundwater for cooling purposes.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2016
The sun has been sucking up water now for some time.
From The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 by Henry S. Spalding
