leech

Example Sentences

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This fear makes evolutionary sense: Parasites aren't technically predators, but they can cause serious harm as they leech off of their hosts.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

The way the leech plops onto the forest floor in the 2017 video, with very little obvious control of its landing, seems to be common among these creatures.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

As I inched up the rope, my arms ached, my left sock squished with blood from a leech bite, and I was marinating in sweat.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

The medicinal leech - once used across Europe for bloodletting treatments - has been found in three ponds near Carrick Shore on the Solway Coast.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2023

She removes the leech from my neck and helps undo my waist-sash.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton