sucked out
Example Sentences
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“I’ve lived most of my life as a futurist, and I don’t hate technology. I’m certainly no Luddite — but I’ve had a lot of the hope sucked out of me in the post-COVID years.”
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
It’s like oxygen, like when the air is being sucked out of the room by your circumstances, your trauma, your pain or whatever.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
The anticipation and exuberance that bounced around in the arena moments ago gets sucked out of the concrete and cold dread rushes in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
If the bottom falls out again, everyone will feel the impact of that money getting sucked out of the economy.
From Salon • May 2, 2025
Most of the water will be sucked out by the near-vacuum; what's left will freeze solid.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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