sucking

Example Sentences

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The floor sank beneath his boot: a noisome softness sucking him down.

From Literature

I went to the stool and, sucking in a breath, I reached for the jack.

From Literature

How do you create an environment that discourages people from sucking up to you?

From The Wall Street Journal

Soon he is running on three legs sucking on his foot and that’s the way I pass a team which is resting, with my leader running on three legs sucking a foot.

From Literature

“We don’t know how they were doing business—and now we want to come in and supplant them as the new vampires sucking out wealth,” Naranjo said.

From The Wall Street Journal