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
Ferguson said he felt the energy being sucked out of him.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 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
It was as if a supernatural wind had swept through the place and sucked out all sound.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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