Example Sentences

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“There is no food or water. Sometimes I have nothing to give the kids,” she said as her 14-month-old suckled on her deflated breast.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

I watched as a ewe suckled two lambs that she had adopted in this way.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

“Good baby!” said a woman to one as it suckled on a bottle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2019

Then all of them going out from the dungeon took their pleasure; I suckled my child that was now faint with hunger.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

"As a babe I suckled on icicles, boy. I like the cold."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin