leech
noun
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
was leeching
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past progressiveof leech.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the meantime, Millie told the inquiry "confusion, frustration and anxiety... was leeching into my home".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
Dinner came in a recyclable brown container, which I suspected was leeching cardboard particles into my food.
From The Verge ● Apr. 15, 2015
Her gift, which they had never even known worked in reverse, was leeching the life out of all the plants she touched.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
