suck in
Example Sentences
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Aspirating devices, for example, constantly suck in air in order to detect even small quantities of smoke in a room.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
It needs to suck in the equivalent of an Olympic swimming pool worth of water every few seconds to keep it cool.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The researchers calculated that a similar closed system, where the pump is enclosed and uses a tube to suck in water and particles, would require high energy inputs to operate.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
Forests, called the lungs of the world, suck in planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and are home to numerous wildlife species.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023
Still trying to suck in air from the water, but there’s no air for it, not up here.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
