Example Sentences

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Pickering: Oil has sucked all the oxygen out of the room.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Crypto has sucked in $46 billion of retail inflows this year, hence its importance as a lead indicator for sentiment.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

The problem, as Kateman puts it, is that "historically, vegan cheese has sucked."

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

You could pick any number of bones about Musk’s leadership, not the least of which is that it has sucked on pure business terms and destroyed the company’s value.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2023

It feels like a vacuum has sucked the air out of our apartment.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko