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
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
For example, air-source pumps suck in outdoor air and pass it over tubes containing refrigerant fluids to extract the heat.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
“But—but what if this whole place”—I had to suck in air again—“what if everything is inside my head? East Shoal and Scarlet and this bridge and you—what if you’re not real because nothing is real?”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
