suck dry
Example Sentences
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Barely visible to the naked eye, these tiny pests pierce and then suck dry plant cells.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2024
They point to problems elsewhere, including California where water theft by illegal marijuana growers has helped to suck dry local aquifers, leaving legitimate users without water.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
Some experts fear that if the city taps this water supply, it will suck dry wetlands that support valuable species, cripple farm communities and possibly cause ground across the Great Basin valley to subside.
From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2015
She’s growing like a foot a day, and she can convey her innermost thoughts by touching someone’s face—cool party trick—but she’s not looking to suck dry a village if she misses her nap.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2012
From these emerge her children — strange, bristled larvae called aphis lions, which live by preying on aphids, scales, or mites, which they capture and suck dry of fluid.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
