bloodsucking
Example Sentences
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I asked whether Dafoe thought a movie about a bloodsucking, diseased creature and the horror he unleashes on a 19th Century German town was the perfect antidote to a day of family festivities.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024
Ticks are small, eight-legged bloodsucking parasites — arachnids, not insects — that feed on animals and sometimes people.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
The tiny, bloodsucking parasites that infest our scalps?
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 7, 2023
The slithery fish began to evolve into proficient hunters, and the new fossils hint that today’s bloodsucking species evolved from flesh-eating ancestors.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 31, 2023
They glided down onto us like tiny, bloodsucking men in parachutes.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
