- present participle of suck.
sucking
Example Sentences
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The process, guided by the app, is relatively straightforward: fill the test with saliva by sucking on it for 60 seconds, wait 20 minutes, scan the test, get results.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
The bloc has been sucking up U.S. diesel, crude oil and liquefied natural gas that it once purchased from Russia and the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Both of the hunter-gatherers showed an unusual dental wear pattern with deep, rounded tooth grooves, which the researchers found was caused by sucking whole betel nuts.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The researchers identified this pattern as a new bioarchaeological marker linked to a previously unrecognized behavior: repeatedly sucking whole betel nuts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Iss!” said Demi the perjured, blissfully sucking his sugar, and regarding his first attempt as eminently successful.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
