sucks

/ sʌks /

interjection

1. an expression of disappointment

2. an exclamation of defiance or derision (esp in the phrase yah boo sucks to you )

Example Sentences

A jet-like turbine sucks air in and forces it out the narrow business end in a tidy beam.

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Subsidized debt drives up prices, sucks up wealth, and makes it hard for millennials to buy homes.

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But don’t expect a newly elected legislature to solve France’s deeper crises, which trace to a budget bloated with unsustainable spending that sucks life out of an anemic economy.

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“Send prayers up for my former teammate mark.. sucks so much to see this,” Kerry Rhodes wrote.

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Part of the problem is that a retail park just 250m away sucks away footfall and there is little incentive for shoppers to venture into the old quarter of Port Glasgow.

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Related Words

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• inhale