Example Sentences

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This one was only a financial regulation, but few projects can have sucked up more time and energy—or come closer to reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“Because the last seven years around here have sucked, haven’t they?”

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021

Aside from a few exceptional years, the past two decades have been marked by warmer temperatures and a severe drought that have sucked up snowpacks and streamflows around the U.S.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2021

Doomscrolling and endless news alerts have sucked away time from exercise playlists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2021

A tornado could have sucked up the house and he wouldn’t have noticed.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis