suck in
Example Sentences
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To offset this, the plant agreed to spend $930 million building a system that includes special underwater towers that would suck in the water slowly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Air-source pumps, for example, suck in outdoor air and pass it over tubes containing refrigerant fluids to produce heat.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
Seattle defenseman Justin Schultz went down to fend off a Pittsburgh give-and-go but the pass made it through cleanly and Grubauer had to suck in a Jansen Harkins chip from feet away while sliding.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
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
I suck in a breath when the cold cloth touches the sensitive part of my eye, but he is far gentler than I would have been to myself.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
