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sucking

[ suhk-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

sucking

/ ˈsʌkɪŋ /

Origin of sucking¹

before 1000; Middle English souking ( e ), Old English sūcende; suck, -ing ²

Speaking of dust storms, for a machine that makes a living sucking in air, global storms lasting weeks or months would seem formidable foes.

Clearly, the advances were not reciprocated but Williams “continued to talk about sucking dick.”

That being said, it's sort of crazy that the two hot chicks end up sucking face for SO MUCH LONGER than any of the hetero couples.

Zied suggests popping a breath strip, sucking on a strong mint, or reapplying your lip gloss.

Borges had an almost Evelyn Waugh-like capacity for sucking up to the upper classes.

All these measures were taken to halt the blood-sucking tendencies of the recently deceased.

The scolex is about the size of a pin-head, and is surrounded by four sucking discs, but has no hooklets (Fig. 96).

He said "Now" with a little sucking in of breath and a thin anticipant smile and spun on his heel.

As she paced backwards and forwards at her daily toil, it was a perpetual entertainment to see him lying there sucking his thumbs.

Women fell dying, with their babes sucking at their breasts; and the host pressed on, for help there was none from man!

The flesh of the young buffaloes, though killed during the sucking time, is not a bit better.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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