suck dry
Example Sentences
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For years, movie ticket sales have been declining, because of this shift from seeing the consumer not as a customer to please, but a mark to suck dry.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
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
