suck
verb (used with object)
to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue.
were sucking
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past progressiveof suck.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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The Interior Department said last week that the pool was clear and workers were sucking up dead algae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Warner and Khawaja were sucking the life from Edgbaston only for Robinson, after some punchy comments in the media last night, to find enough movement to graze Warner's outside edge.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023
As Prouty went over the couple’s finances, she found debts were sucking up a lot of income.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
"They were sucking so much oxygen out of the air because of their significant budgets," Wine said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2023
Dauntless surged forward, shoved by the waves toward the rocky outcrop of the island, and then they were sucking through the shallows and past the island and the Teeth.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
